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• cct wrote: 88 points

  November 12, 2022 - Tasting at PGC
  
  Grassy and herbal with citrus pith some florals. Steely and refreshing, with nice minerality varietal typicity. Finishes with some bitter almond skin notes that I like. Very good

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• Hi.its.Don.4.Wine Likes this wine: 92 points

  August 16, 2022 - Little Did I Know
  
  I’m always amazed when I find out something about the wine biz that I hadn’t heretofore ever knew about. (Heretofore is one of my newest phrases to go to in my posts).
  
  Receiving an email not long ago, it became obvious that I was woefully uneducated as to the existence of the Sauvignon Blanc grape up in the Pacific Northwest region of our great land (obvious plug for the good ole U.S. of A.), specifically Oregon. Not that I didn’t know the grape grew up in them thar parts, but in the case of today’s wine, not knowing that this particular winery made Sauvignon Blanc, two in fact!
  
  Patricia Green Willamette Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2021
  
  In my defense, Jim Anderson, current owner and winemaker, told me that they had been making the Willamette Valley edition only since the early 2000s and the Estate since 2015, also mentioning that the current production of both is rather small; 1,000 for the WV and only 300 for the Estate.
  
  The WV bottling is made up of grapes from their Estate Vineyard (18%) in Ribbon Ridge, fruit from Oster Vineyard (33%) which is an older vineyard planted in the mid-1990s on the eastern side of the Willamette Valley, Durant Vineyard (28%) in the Dundee Hills, and Eola Springs Vineyard (21%) in the Eola-Amity AVA. Jim also told me that fruit from their vineyards and most likely any used to produce the WV bottling are sustainably farmed.
  
  The clincher though was when he mentioned that his bottlings no longer use capsules. You know, that quasi-metallic wrapping around the top of wine bottles. Music to my ears, and a topic of my past article “It’s the Little Things.”
  
  With only partial malo and the use of stainless steel to both ferment and age the wine, what emerges was pure Sauvignon Blanc. Not the overly fruity and grapefruit-driven style, nope, a wine that shows a richness, that combines tropical flavors (pineapple first came to my mind) along with citrus and a vein of minerality and crisp acidity to help balance and enrich the wine further. Along with the music to my ears, the wine represented a celebration of taste.
  
  Now, along with knowing the fabulous Pinot Noirs that they make, I can add one more varietal to the list; Sauvignon Blanc. Oh, and they make a Chardonnay as well; maybe try that one soon? Now I, nor you, should say “little did I know!”
  
  Cheers

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2021
• Type White
• Producer Patricia Green Cellars
• Varietal Sauvignon Blanc
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region Oregon
• SubRegion Willamette Valley
• Appellation Willamette Valley

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• In Cellars 109 (56%)
• Consumed 87 (44%)

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