2017 Cattrall Brothers Rosé

Oregon’s first certified organic vineyard, located high in the Eola-Amity Hills, yields the beautiful pinot noir fruit we use for this graceful rosé.

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42 cases + 72 magnums made.

This tiny three-acre vineyard at the top of the Eola-Amity Hills AVA was originally the Cattrall family farm, founded more than 100 years ago.

Brothers Bill and Tom took over the farm from their uncle when Bill returned from serving overseas in the U.S. Army. Bill was exposed to a variety of European wines while abroad. After he arrived back in Oregon, he realized that the climate had many similarities to great European grape-growing regions—so the brothers decided to try their hand at growing pinot noir.

Bill and Tom began planting beginning in the 1970s, establishing the first certified organic vineyard in Oregon. Their own-rooted vines are a mixture of Wädenswil and Upright pinot noir clones. To this day, the brothers farm everything themselves. The site rests at 750 feet of elevation. Its cool weather, volcanic Jory soils, and late-ripening clones make it an ideal source for sparkling wine.

The wine was picked on September 14 at 18.1 Brix, 9.6 TA, and a pH of 2.98. It was then whole cluster pressed and settled overnight. Afterward, it was fermented in 100% neutral oak where it remained for 6 months on the lees. Primary fermentation yeast was EC1118.

Immediately before bottling, we blended our base wine with 5% red wine made from the same vineyard by Julia Cattrall, Bill’s daughter.

Secondary fermentation yeast was Spark. 

11.9% alcohol | 9.5 g/L TA | 2.88 pH | 30 ppm total SO2 | .32 g/L VA

The back of each Corollary bottle has a URL so you can learn more about the wine. The first four digits of the code at the end of the URL tell you the year and month when the bottle you’re holding was disgorged. So in the example below, the wine was disgorged in December 2019 (19-12).

191202 - 750mL. Disgorged 21 cases in December 2019 with a dosage of 6g/L. 18 months on the lees.

210102 - 750mL. Disgorged 16 cases in January 2021 with a dosage of 6g/L. 32 months on the lees.