2024 Hundred Suns "Old Eight Cut" Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
ABOUT THIS WINE
This Willamette Valley Cuvée was sourced from multiple sites, including Dundee Hills AVA -Dupee Valley Vineyard, Eola-Amity Hills AVA -Big Cheese Vineyard, & Eola-Amity Hills AVA -Lone Feather Vineyard, McMinnville AVA.
The “Old Eight Cut” refers to a diamond cut dating back to the 1400s using simple tools and few cuts to enhance the natural brilliance of the stone without disguising its true nature. Ample rainfall and a mild spring set the stage for an exceptional vintage. Warm weather persisted through September, followed by cooler temperatures that allowed for slow and careful picking. Fermented with natural yeast and partial whole clusters, the 2024 vintage is full of surprises. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
ABOUT THIS PRODUCER
When Grant Coulter and Renée Saint-Amour met over 19 years ago, they agreed on a fundamental idea: they wanted to build a life together that felt like an adventure. So, they left California for Oregon’s Willamette Valley, where Grant first worked as assistant winemaker at Hamacher wines and then spent the bulk of 10 years as assistant winemaker and then winemaker at Breaux Freres. Renée continued teaching high school while Grant gained intimate understanding and appreciation of the soils, climates, and personalities (both land and people) of the valley.
In 2015, the couple moved to a fixer-upper in the the valley so that they could build Hundred Suns. Eventually, Grant moved on from being winemaker at Beaux Freres to overseeing the vineyards and making the wines for Flaneur Wines, and Renée swapped the classroom for the cellar and running of the day-to-day business. From winemaking, to label design, website building, and even wax dipping bottles by hand, every aspect of this process has their fingerprints on it because it is just the two of them.
In 2018 they bought a 4.5 acre property in the Eola-Amity hills where the 50 year-old vineyard was their children’s backyard. In 2020, disease forced them to remove those old vines, and now they look forward to replanting in spring of 2022.
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ABOUT THIS WINE
This Willamette Valley Cuvée was sourced from multiple sites, including Dundee Hills AVA -Dupee Valley Vineyard, Eola-Amity Hills AVA -Big Cheese Vineyard, & Eola-Amity Hills AVA -Lone Feather Vineyard, McMinnville AVA.
The “Old Eight Cut” refers to a diamond cut dating back to the 1400s using simple tools and few cuts to enhance the natural brilliance of the stone without disguising its true nature. Ample rainfall and a mild spring set the stage for an exceptional vintage. Warm weather persisted through September, followed by cooler temperatures that allowed for slow and careful picking. Fermented with natural yeast and partial whole clusters, the 2024 vintage is full of surprises. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
ABOUT THIS PRODUCER
When Grant Coulter and Renée Saint-Amour met over 19 years ago, they agreed on a fundamental idea: they wanted to build a life together that felt like an adventure. So, they left California for Oregon’s Willamette Valley, where Grant first worked as assistant winemaker at Hamacher wines and then spent the bulk of 10 years as assistant winemaker and then winemaker at Breaux Freres. Renée continued teaching high school while Grant gained intimate understanding and appreciation of the soils, climates, and personalities (both land and people) of the valley.
In 2015, the couple moved to a fixer-upper in the the valley so that they could build Hundred Suns. Eventually, Grant moved on from being winemaker at Beaux Freres to overseeing the vineyards and making the wines for Flaneur Wines, and Renée swapped the classroom for the cellar and running of the day-to-day business. From winemaking, to label design, website building, and even wax dipping bottles by hand, every aspect of this process has their fingerprints on it because it is just the two of them.
In 2018 they bought a 4.5 acre property in the Eola-Amity hills where the 50 year-old vineyard was their children’s backyard. In 2020, disease forced them to remove those old vines, and now they look forward to replanting in spring of 2022.
