Ken Wright Cellars Savoya Yamhill-Carlton District 2017 750 ml
SKU: AP9129239
Product Detail
Brand: | Ken Wright Cellars |
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Country: | United States |
Region: | Oregon |
Appellation: | Yamhill-Carlton District |
Vintage: | 2017 |
Size: | 750 ml |
Wine-Type: | Still |
Wine-Styles: | Red |
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The seed for a career in wine was planted squarely in Bourbon country of Lexington, Kentucky. While waiting tables to put himself through school, Ken was exposed to fine wines from regions around the world. The passion became avocation when Ken left the Bluegrass State to attend enology and viticulture classes at UC-Davis. Eight years were spent winemaking for Ventana Vineyards, Chalone and Talbott Vineyards in Monterey County of California?s central coast. Friends from the Willamette Valley piqued Ken?s interest in the region when they would visit, and a trip to the Dundee Hills in 1976 convinced him that this was where the finest Pinot noir in North America was being grown.
Owned by Ken and Karen Wright, Savoya is planted on ancient marine sedimentary soil. Bold cherry fruit carries a streak of salinity, that tastes like a shake of salt and pepper around tart pomegranate fruit. It's tangy and lightly herbal, with classic structure and a clear path to aging over a decade or longer.