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Oregon
Growing grapes in Oregon is fraught with challenges: sunlight and heat can be in short supply so ripening is never a given, rain (about 40 inches/102 centimetres a year in the Willamette Valley) and frost threaten in spring and fall when grapes are most vulnerable, and weather patterns can be erratic — a stressful scenario for vines, which love constancy.
And yet it is precisely the marginality of Oregon's climate, along with the state's unique geologic past, that forms the cradle of its success.
Grapes here cannot burst into ripeness but must make their way slowly and methodically toward maturity and complexity.
Key grapes
- Chardonnay
- Pinot Gris
- Pinot Noir
- climate
- cool and marginal — limited heat, ~40 inches of rain a year, spring and fall frost risk; slow, methodical ripening
- classification system
- AVA; plus Oregon's stricter state 90% varietal-labelling rule (US law requires 75%)
- signature
- pinot noir of grace, focus and finesse — richness without heaviness
- labelling rule
- pinot noir, chardonnay and pinot gris must be >=90% of the named grape
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