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Raptor Ridge Pinot Gris 2022Pinot Gris/Grigio from Willamette Valley, Oregon0.0 0 Ratings3016 99Save $13.01 (43%)Ships TomorrowLimit 0 per customerSold in increments of 0
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Raptor Ridge Barrel Select Pinot Noir 2022Pinot Noir from Willamette Valley, Oregon
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Raptor Ridge Estate Gruner Veltliner 2023Gruner Veltliner from Chehalem Mountains, Willamette Valley, Oregon0.0 0 Ratings22 99Ships Wed, Apr 3Limit 0 per customerSold in increments of 0
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Red White Sparkling Rosé Spirits GiftsFive distinctive vineyards throughout Oregons Northern Willamette Vall...
In each vintage year, Raptor Ridge produces about 1000 cases of wines using traditional Burgundian winemaking techniques. High quality is the focus, not higher quantities. Raptor Ridge shares a twelve-acre estate with families of Raptors (buteos and accipiters)- birds of prey such as Red Tail Hawks, Kestrels and Sharp-Shinned Hawks. We are nestled atop a heavily forested ridge in the Chehalem Mountains 25 miles southwest of Portland, Oregon. Our foggy ridge is ideally suited to a naturally cool winemaking regime important in capturing delicate aromas and flavors. Our wines age in French oak with racking in synchrony with the full moon. Our goal is to deliver in our wines all of the natural flavor, delicate aromas and beauty offered by Oregons Willamette Valley winegrowing region.
Our winemaking philosophy has two tenets: one committing the winemaker to deep personal involvement with the vines and every barrel of wine; the other balancing science with tradition. Our approach to winemaking focuses as much on the vineyard as it does the cellar. Winemaker Scott Shull is personally involved alongside growers and field hands in pruning, trellising, cluster counting, cluster thinning, leaf pulling, quality monitoring, and all harvest decisions. Uniquely- during harvest, Scott is in the field picking fruit alongside seasonal workers, and personally transports the wine grapes back to Raptor Ridge were he oversees the "crush." Family and friends are involved in processing the fruit into fermentation vats while Scott personally adjusts nutrients, inoculation, fermentation processes, and wine handling procedures. Its Scotts philosophy to intervene as little as possible in the miracle of wine, while employing a full knowledge of fermentation science only to avoid diminishment of quality or removal of flaws.