Unexpected turn in Oregon wines | Wine Unpacked
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- čas přidán 29. 09. 2022
- Are you ready for Pinot from Oregon? Madeline unpacks three great wines from Lange Estate Winery in Oregon. Subscribe to learn wine wfol.ly/newsletter
CORRECTION: Ooops! We're a little far north when we point out the Umpqua Valley! You'll need to head about 20kms south!
Wines in this video:
• Trouvère - Tempranillo: this.wine/v/VT-LFUPZAEGK/
• Trouvère - Syrah: this.wine/v/VT-EYAQFSGDH/
• Trouvère - Indigene: this.wine/v/VT-XJNOAHITF/
*This is not a sponsored video.
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Chapters
00:10 - Introduction
00:27 - Lange Estates Winery
00:58 - Trouvere - Indigine
01:58 - Trouvere - Syrah
03:04 - Trouvere - Tempranillo
03:56 - Final Thoughts
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I like Tempranillo. Milton-Freewater “The Rocks” district is producing some great examples
Just returned from 30 day wine trip from central California up east side of Oregon on to Vancouver Island BC, back down west side of Oregon, Anderson Valley CA to Napa. Stopped at Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyards in Umpqua. Lovely and great wines. Right at this moment drinking their 2020 Tempranillo and it is very good. Also loved Cathedral Ridge from Hood River Oregon. Cheers😊
We just had our wedding party outing at Lange a few weeks back. Just FYI, it’s actually pronounced plainly “Lang” :) The Indigine is amazing btw. The Langes were telling us the story of how they sent a sample to UC Davis and the university called them back and said “yeah, you’ve got a totally new field mutation, totally unique grape”. Love the emergence of dry varietals in Southern Oregon. Excited for the emergence of the Snake River Valley as well. Milton Freewater, as mentioned by another commenter, and the entirety of the Gorge are already established, just not world renowned *enough* yet, IMO. Always have thought the Gorge would surpass Walla Walla as the most visited viticultural area in North American because of the insanely unique climate that allows for growing cool, moderate, and dry varietals all within just a few miles. So cool how Gorge vineyards on the Washington and Oregon sides all grow and buy from one another allowing a single winery to make so many different wines…but now with Lange doing their thing in Southern Oregon, and many other wineries from Eastern Oregon/Washington opening shops in Dundee, etc, it seems like the whole northwest is following suit in the spirit of collaboration and exploration, which is awesome!
FYI, thank you for all of the phenomenal content over the years. My wife, Maddy, is working on WSET level 3 now, and is transitioning out of her current career into the wine industry (not sure exactly where yet though). We took a road trip for our first honeymoon last year all around the Gorge, to Red Mountain, Walla Walla, etc. This year we took our second one in Burgundy, Rhône Valley, and Provence. We owe so much of the growth in our knowledge over the past few years to you and your book. Just the other night we were opening the book to random pages and quizzing each other for fun lol…I guess we’ve become total nerds like you. Anyway, keep it up! Much love.
Good luck to Maddy on passing WSET level 3.
Thanks for another fascinating and educational video, it seems to me that Oregon & Washington are the most happening and adventurous wine regions in the States atm. It's so cool that they have such a variety of different sub-climates and terroir to work with. Syrah is by far my favorite full bodied red/black cultivar and I lean towards to the cool climate, savory, meaty Northern Rhone style, also cool to see Tempranillo being grown in Southern Oregon. It's smart thinking both from a marketing/image and sales perspective and also with climate change changing temperatures & harvest times to broaden the styles & cultivars they can grow & produce. Hope they make it out here to this part of the world some day soon.
Funny you mentioned Syrah, that's what I'm doing research on at WSU
Got into Pinot lately. This episode helps me a lot to gain some overview. Thanks!
Excellent podcast!
Just a note: the arrow pointing to where the Umpqua Valley was in this video was actually still part of the willamette valley! It was in the very southern part of it, although the Umpqua valley is still even further south than the arrow indicated (though was still shown in the photo). Great video nonetheless! I love seeing people talk about up-and-coming Oregon wines, and the Umpqua Valley produces some of my favorites!
we added a note to description! Sorry. the location of Umpqua Valley according to ISO loc is higher than the AVA. Our mistake!
Syrah lover here! Went to Willamette Valley a few years ago, and fell for Pinot Noir and Gris. But knowing that my favorite grape is been cultivated there...😀😀😀‼️
Remy wine, in the Willamette, specializes in Italian varietals.
Lots of decent Cab and Cab blends from Oregon, too.
Trouvères are analogous to troubadours, epic poets of the medieval period. The trouvères were from northern France, troubadours from Southern France, Spain, & Italy. Seems appropriate given your descriptions of the wines!
I am super curious to see a video about wines from New Mexico and Arizona. Cheers!
Noted!
Rooaaad Trip...🍷🍷🍷
I've heard about the Tempranillos from Southern Oregon and must say that I'm VERY curious about how the variety does over there.
I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on Oregon tempranillo - I've tried a couple and found them underwhelming frankly. It probably has something to do with my bias toward all those wonderful Spanish tempranillos I've had.... Of course Spain has very strict aging requirements for their Reservas and Gran Reservas that not only serve to make them better but probably would make them prohibitively expensive if attempted in Oregon.
I think it's a mistake that Willamette Valley has gone all in on Pinot Noir/Gris. Riesling, chard, even some cabs... been very impressed. Umpqua Valley (you dropped the P in your video!) seems like an up and up region!
Agreed. Oregon is making some of the best Chardonnay in the world.
Can you please review the Napa Bread & Butter Pinot Noir? I'ts the most mind boggling Pinot Noir I've tried with intence aromas and tastes of Vanilla, caramel and maple syrup. I'd love to see what you think of it. It doesn't even feel like you're drinking wine. It blew my mind.
Thank you, I love your content.
Noted!
I spy an Onyx RCR. 😮 What a badass bike.
that it is!
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I would appreciate if you also explained the tannins' feelings e.g. acrid, silky, smooth, prickly, round etc.
Oh great videos btw. I'm liking this series.
I use words like gritty, chalky, grippy, fine-grained... to me, it's more like describing various grits of sandpaper. maybe 80 to 300 grit? hahahaahh! Not sure I've ever had acrid tannins, but I've certainly lipped a few acrid wines but that's another story! :P
Hello! Could you make a vídeo about Wines from Uruguay🇺🇾?? Thank you❤
Good reviews! But, more importantly, what is your cat's opinion of them?
I'm worried as summers get hotter here in Oregon, that Pinot us going to migrate north (I should start a winery in Olympia or Tacoma now that I think of it lol), and we'll be making these bolder reds all over Oregon instead
That's certainly what the climate science looks like in the future, I was at a symposium about climate change and the amount of shift in the past few decades is immense
They are planting vineyards at higher elevation to compensate.
;-)
Wine, interesting. Cat, more interesting 🐱
You must drape the garment over your nose to truly appreciate it's intoxication.
FYI it’s pronounced ‘Lang” :)
yep yep! A few folks have poked me on this.
Tempranillo in ORegon? Really? Really really!