SPECIAL PROJECTS
NV THUNDER
EGG
REDISH WINE
RED/WHITE wine
WINE MAKER: Dan Rinke
VINTAGE: 2024
LOCATION: Willamette, Willamette Valley
VINEYARDS: 85% Morning Mist Vineyard West Yamhill - 5 acres, 15% Johan Vineyard - 87 acres
ASPECT: gentle hills
ALTITUDE: Morning Mist 750’ above sea level, Johan 200’ above sea level
VINE AGE: Planted 2007-2015
SOIL COMPOSITION: Morning Mist is mixed volcanic soils, Johan Missoula granitic marine sediment
PREVAILING CLIMATE & LOCAL CLIMACTIC: Mediterranean, cold winters
FARMING: Organic/biodynamic
GRAPE COMPOSITION: Pinot Noir, Grüner Veltliner, Zweigelt, Monduse
HARVEST: by hand, beginning of September
MACERATION: Pinot Noir, Grüner Veltliner, Zweigelt, Whole cluster, direct pressed. Monduse and a small percentage of Pinot Noir macerated for 3 weeks, whole cluster.
FERMENTATION: Pinot Noir, Grüner Veltliner fermentation separately in IBC totes, Zweigelt, Monduse and a small portion of Pinot Noir in used barrique.
FINING & FILTRATION: None
So2: 15 ppm
ALC: 11%
BOTTLED: 6/24/2024
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 2400
WINE MAKER: Dan Rinke
VINTAGE: 2024
LOCATION: Willamette, Willamette Valley
VINEYARDS: 85% Morning Mist Vineyard West Yamhill - 5 acres, 15% Johan Vineyard - 87 acres
ASPECT: gentle hills
ALTITUDE: Morning Mist 750’ above sea level, Johan 200’ above sea level
VINE AGE: Planted 2007-2015
SOIL COMPOSITION: Morning Mist is mixed volcanic soils, Johan Missoula granitic marine sediment
PREVAILING CLIMATE & LOCAL CLIMACTIC: Mediterranean, cold winters
FARMING: Organic/biodynamic
GRAPE COMPOSITION: Pinot Noir, Grüner Veltliner, Zweigelt, Monduse
HARVEST: by hand, beginning of September
MACERATION: Pinot Noir, Grüner Veltliner, Zweigelt, Whole cluster, direct pressed. Monduse and a small percentage of Pinot Noir macerated for 3 weeks, whole cluster.
FERMENTATION: Pinot Noir, Grüner Veltliner fermentation separately in IBC totes, Zweigelt, Monduse and a small portion of Pinot Noir in used barrique.
FINING & FILTRATION: None
So2: 15 ppm
ALC: 11%
BOTTLED: 6/24/2024
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 2400
Ryšák is the Czech word for “redhead” and the most typical style of wine from South Moravia (not Oregon). The only production requirement is that it be a blend of red and white varieties, otherwise the winemaker is free to interpret. Ryšák are wildly inconsistent in composition and vinification; some are more white grapes, some more red, free run, whole cluster, macerated or not, some fresh, some aged, varietal bottlings, field blends, single vineyard, co-ferments, nv cuvees, anything goes. What is shared among Ryšák is their common function. Ryšák should reddish, convivial; serviceable as an aperitif or the main course. Temperature flexible. To be drunk year round. Fruity, savory and modest in alcohol. If you are like us, the sort of wine you can never have too much of.
Thunder Egg is a juicy, 11% abv., dry, barely red blend, primarily composed of direct press 2024 Pinot Noir, Gruner Veltliner and Zweigelt from Morning Mist Vineyard. Direct press juice into IBC totes, the Zweigelt into used barrique. A bright base of the 3 wines was blended and then seasoned with barrel aged Monduse and Pinot Noir from Johan Vineyard. Morning Mist is mixed volcanic soils, Johan Missoula flood marine sediment, both vineyards are farmed organic/biodynamic.
Thunder Egg is a juicy, 11% abv., dry, barely red blend, primarily composed of direct press 2024 Pinot Noir, Gruner Veltliner and Zweigelt from Morning Mist Vineyard. Direct press juice into IBC totes, the Zweigelt into used barrique. A bright base of the 3 wines was blended and then seasoned with barrel aged Monduse and Pinot Noir from Johan Vineyard. Morning Mist is mixed volcanic soils, Johan Missoula flood marine sediment, both vineyards are farmed organic/biodynamic.