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Treos Wine 2013 Pinot Gris
Three families with a love of the land.
The story of wine is often the story of family. Wineries big and small that are built on grap-growing and winemaking knowledge handed down through the generations.
But at Treos, you'll find a family by choice – three couples bonded by their love of land, family and wine. Three families who worked together in previous lives who decided that it had come time to stop the corporate rat-race and do what they were passionate about.
But this is no idle pastime. These are some serious folks leveraging their engineering backgrounds and experience..
They used their extensive experience to find exactly the right spot in the Willamette Valley, just outside Monmouth. And they spent years experimenting with every part of the winemaking process to find the unique expression of wine that they wanted to produce.
These are the very definition of small-batch, handcrafted wines; wines so intensely flavored that it’s almost hard to believe what they are producing.
At Treos, you’ll find memorable wines that you’ll be talking about for weeks after.
Cellar 503 Tasting Notes
Treos Wine, Monmouth, Oregon
2013 Pinot Gris
Have you heard the term “crop yield” bandied about? What does that mean?
At its simplest, crop yield is just the number of grapes that a plant yields. But it makes a huge difference. Too many grapes on a plant and the wine will be weak and watery. Too few and the flavors might be too intense and unbalanced – not to mention far less wine!
It’s a tricky game trying to figure out the right number. The families of Treos threw caution to the wind and doubled down on low crop yields and high intensity. And it worked! Treos wines are fascinatingly complex with intense flavors and strong characteristics.
Like most of the Treos white wines, the 2013 Pinot Gris is produced in somewhat of an Old World style. Aromas of ruby grapefruit and light melon are immediately present, followed by flavors of lemongrass, honeydew, and hints of red and green apples. Just 230 cases produced.
A Cellar 503 selection in December 2015, Great for the Holidays Willamette Valley | Pinot Gris
