2022 Love & Squalor Walks on Gilded Splinters Skin Contact Pinot Gris by Portland Wine Company | Dion Vineyard, Willamette Valley, Oregon 750ml

This dry Pinot Gris from Dion Vineyard in the Laurelwood Distrcit gets its rich dark color from fermenting the white grapes on their skins like a red wine, resulting in a bottle of beautiful depth and texture. The act of fermenting white grapes with their skins (skin contact wine) is considered "orange" wine, rather than a rose. Ripe Pinot Gris grapes are actually quite dark ("gris" = grey) in hue, so the juice turns a beautiful color pretty easily. 100 cases produced. | Love & Squalor

It's aromas are a combination of beauty and sauvage, with lavender and cherries waltzing with earthy Roobios tea and earthy rosemary. Apricots and almonds dominate the palate, where juicy acidity and velvety tannins reside. | 93 points, Wine Enthusiast