Deru Wine Co Rattlesnake Hills Blaufrankisch 2024 October2023Reductions Pinot Grigio earned its dull

Pinot Grigio earned its dull reputation honestly

Sangiovese and Canaiolo harvested in October

Hand-picked grapes fermented in concrete and steel

The result is bright

Fermented in a mix of stainless and neutral French oak and then returned to stainless for blending

Deru Wine Co Rattlesnake Hills Blaufrankisch 2024 October2023Reductions Pinot Grigio earned its dullBlaufrnkisch in Washington State? Yes, and from one of the more thoughtful young producers working there. Deru is Caleb Taft's project a Bay Area wine and restaurant veteran who moved north to make low intervention wines from interesting Washington sites. Blaufrnkisch is the great red of Austria and Hungary, planted in tiny quantities in the U. S., and it finds an unlikely home in the warm volcanic soils of the Rattlesnake Hills AVA in the Yakima