Selects - 'Selects' - Marsanne/Roussanne - Columbia Gorge, OR - 2023

Notes from the Winery/Importer

SELECTS is a collaboration between Roni Selects and our wonderful winemakers. Each year, we'll work with a different producer to bring you a wine that tells the story of a place and a moment in time. It's meant to be consumed emphatically - with friends around a table as a vehicle for celebrating the occasion of being together.

WINEMAKER: Vivianne Kennedy of Ram
Cellars
REGION: Columbia Valley, Washington
(Rattlesnake Hills sub-AVA)
VINEYARD: Bosma Estate
GRAPES: 50% Marsanne, 50% Roussanne
YEASTS: Ambient
MACERATION: 100% whole cluster, 18
days on the skins
FERMENTATION VESSEL: Macro bin
AGING: 10 months in 70% neutral French
oak, 30% stainless steel
CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: Unfiltered/
Unfined
ALCOHOL CONTENT: 13.3%
ADDED SO2: 28ppm at bottling
FARMING: Organic, dry farmed
SOIL: Broken basalt, silt loam
VINE AGE: 8-10 years
TOTAL PRODUCTION: 200 cases

Notes on the Producer

SELECTS is a collaboration between Roni Selects and our wonderful winemakers. Each year, we'll work with a different producer to bring you a wine that tells the story of a place and a moment in time. It's meant to be consumed emphatically - with friends around a table as a vehicle for celebrating the occasion of being together.