2017 Belle Pente Muscat, Willamette Valley, Oregon, USAABOUT THIS WINE Dry Muscat is a rare bird even in its Alsatian homeland. This wine is made in partnership with our friends at Stag Hollow Vineyard, who grow Early Muscat and Muscat Ottonel in their estate vineyard. We make the wine and bottle it under both the Belle Pente and Stag Hollow labels. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER Belle Pente is one of the storied properties of Oregons nascent winemaking days and we are particularly proud to represent the ODonnells

Because our winery is small

The wine is well structured

Soils are a mix of clayand limestone (calcareous marl)

000 bottles are made

were made from fruit from Richard Shea's perennially superb Willamette Valley vineyard

The wine is bottled without fining or filtration

Wine & Spirits Annual Restaurant Poll and 2019 Top 100 Wines of the year from Wine Spectator

11 months of those in French oak barrels (25% new)

90% Pinot Noir and 10% Parellada

It consists of different types of vine

including some older vines planted in pergola abruzzese

Certified sustainable and biodynamically farmed in practice