{"product_id":"kelley-fox-wines-gruner-veltliner-willamette-valley-2024","title":"Kelley Fox Wines, Gruner Veltliner Willamette Valley 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e100% Gruner Veltliner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWillamette Valley, Oregon , USA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo keep its super fresh character, this wine completed both primary and ML in tank, and it remained in tank until bottling. The brilliantly transparent 2024 is a pale, spun-gold with a barely visible undertone of youthful green. It has an oceanic, mineral nose with white peaches, a bit of lime and a hint of ginger. This is a rich, full, and complex Grüner with acidity that deftly supports the flavors and texture. Classic white pepper finish. It has delicious green serpentine spiraling energy. 65% Barrels: elévage in neutral, tight-grained French oak Burgundy barrels (228L), 35% Tanks: elévage in concrete amphora tanks. Bottling Date: 31 March 2025. 346 cases produced. VEGAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePicking Dates: Abbey Road Farm: 22 September 2024. Chehalem Mountain Vineyard and Hotel Vineyard: 18 October 2024. Soils are a combination of sedimentary and volcanic. Farmed using organic and biodynamic methods. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKelley Fox Wines is a small Oregon winery created in 2007 by Kelley Fox along with her father, Gerson \"Gus\" Stearns. Kelley is a veteran of the Oregon wine scene and has been a full-time, year-round, on-the-floor winemaker since 2000. Her winemaking experience includes stints at Torii Mor, Hamacher, and Eyrie, as well as ten years as the winemaker at Scott Paul Wines. Since 2015, Kelley has happily worked exclusively on her own wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter receiving dual master’s degrees in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University, Kelley entered the Biochemistry PhD program but decided to later change her path and pursue winemaking. She was deeply influenced by her dear friend and former employer, the late David Lett of The Eyrie Vineyards. David was the ultimate iconoclast who pioneered the Oregon wine industry in the 1960’s. David Lett’s influence has certainly carried over into the style of wines produced at Kelley Fox Wines. The wines are made to reflect the land, the vines, the fruit, the year, and everything else unknown and unseen that comes with those things. They are Oregon wines that display an honesty and transparency that are truly expressive of its origins and place. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer annual case production is now around 5000 cases, spread out over many different wines. Having worked so long in Oregon, she has access to some of the top vineyards in the state, many of which were planted in the 70’s or early 80’s. These include the historic Maresh Vineyard, Hyland Vineyard, Freedom Hill Vineyard, Weber Vineyard, Durant Vineyard, Dux Vineyard, Carter Vineyard and Canary Hill Vineyard. All the wines are made with a deft touch so as to allow each vineyard to have its voice. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKelley’s winemaking has evolved over the years to try and create the transparency she is looking for from these great sites (the details of which she chronicles on her website). The small lot fermentations have always been done with all native yeasts and no additions, enzymes, etc. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll that said, the wines are not really \"made\" at all. Kelley has no end result in mind each year for what the wines will be, but rather lets them express themselves along the way. What she is doing takes a lot of inner and outer work in responding to the essence of the fruit from each block, along with the details of the year (the weather, the stars and the planets, etc. etc.).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polaner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48883098321148,"sku":null,"price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2097\/6375\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_dac1523a-3ebf-427d-b80f-0b341566817c.jpg?v=1774498855","url":"https:\/\/www.winetroy.com\/products\/kelley-fox-wines-gruner-veltliner-willamette-valley-2024","provider":"Troy Wine Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}