Hiyu "Aesalon" Columbia Gorge White 2022

Hiyu "Aesalon" Columbia Gorge White 2022Winemakers note: Even after eight vintages this wine continues to evolve in form and confound our expectations. It began as something very exotic, wild and floral; a wine of hedonism in 2016 and 17. In the period from 2018 to 2021 the wine took on more power and rusticity. It become more profound, less purely fruity but also rustic, a country wine of meditation resembling the white wines of Trevallon or Emidio Pepe. In 2021 it started to shift and

Not only is it a screaming deal for Aligote of this caliber

The end result is bright and alive on the palate with notes of juicy cherries

sharpening the fruit character and balancing the perfumed florality

who has a knack for making wines showing elegance and tension

to paraphrase Kris Kristofferson

No chemicals are used in the vineyards and sulfur is kept to a minimum

With all of these factors working together

Smells like a hippie store with a haze of Nag Champa incense

Sourced from organic vineyards in the Touraine region of the Loire Valley

Today it is still just 16 hectares with only about half of that planted to vines

At the winery

black cherry notes