Montinore Estate 'Borealis' White, Willamette Valley, USA

Indicative blend: Predominantly Muller-Thurgau, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, Riesling.

Average Price $14 (USD)
(Approx, ex-tax, all vintages)

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Over all vintages, this was the 9884th most popular wine on Wine-Searcher last year. Search rank last month: 9183rd

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• Willamette Valley wine region

  The Willamette Valley AVA (American Viticultural Area) lies just south of Portland in the US ;state of Oregon, between the Pacific Coast Range and the Cascade Mountains. This long, broad valley stretches for 150 miles (240km) from the Columbia river in the north to just south of the city of Eugene, the seat of Lane County.

  The Willamette Valley is the largest of Oregon's AVAs, covering 5200 square miles (13,500 square km) and containing two-thirds of the state's wineries. Most vineyards here are small, family-run businesses, with grapes planted in the moderately free-draining soils around the Willamette river or tucked away in the low-lying hills.

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• Oregon wine region

  Oregon – in the Pacific Northwest of the USA – has a thriving wine industry, despite the state's relatively short wine history (the premium grape varieties for which the state is known today were planted here only in the 1960s). Most early plantings were Pinot Noir, as wine pioneers knew the region's cool climate and long gr ... more