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Raptor Ridge – Estate Gruner Veltliner

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The Facts

Origins USA - OR > Willamette Valley > Chehalem Mountains
Appellation Chehalem Mountains
Varietal Gruner Veltliner
Cepage 100% Gruner Veltliner
Winemaking 100% whole cluster pressed, no malolactic fermentation
Aging 100% stainless steel
Markets Texas

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The Character

Tasting Notes Our Tuscowallame Estate is one of only 29 growing sites for Grüner Veltliner in North America. Scott Shull embarked on the journey to make an American version of this Austrian star after a delightful and enlightening experience dining on Thai food and quaffing Austrian Grüner Veltliner while on a market visit to the midwest. Weightier and more textured than its Alsatian counterparts, the Raptor Ridge Tuscowallame Estate Grüner Veltliner is an outstanding, well-loved, and continually highly scoring component of our story. Serve at 50 degrees in Burgundy glasses for the optimum experience.
Sustainability Certified Sustainable, Organic In Practice

The Story

Planted in three phases beginning in 2000 and ending in 2007, Tuscowallame Vineyard is situated on
an east-southeast facing slope approximately 25 miles southwest of Portland at elevations between
250-498 feet. Named for an indigenous term meaning “place where the owls dwell,” the 18 acre
vineyard is planted to several clones of Pinot Noir (Pommard, 777, 667, 114, 115) as well as Gruner
Veltliner (1.5 acres) on Loess-based Laurelwood soils. Formerly Chehalem Mountains AVA, this
vineyard owned by Scott & Annie Shull was included in the new Laurelwood AVA created in 2020.

About Raptor Ridge

Brand Story

Since 1989, Scott Shull has been making Oregon wines—first as an independent producer, and since 1995 as a commercial winemaker at Raptor Ridge Winery. Scott strives to craft wines that are interesting to the palate and to the mind—wines of complexity, finesse and place. Scott is a self-taught winemaker, having learned by doing, reading, and attending extension service courses on viticulture and enology offered by U.C. Davis, Oregon State University, and Chemeketa Community College, and by participating in the Willamette Valley’s Westside Winemakers Club for a number of years.

Brand Story

Since 1989, Scott Shull has been making Oregon wines—first as an independent producer, and since 1995 as a commercial winemaker at Raptor Ridge Winery. Scott strives to craft wines that are interesting to the palate and to the mind—wines of complexity, finesse and place. Scott is a self-taught winemaker, having learned by doing, reading, and attending extension service courses on viticulture and enology offered by U.C. Davis, Oregon State University, and Chemeketa Community College, and by participating in the Willamette Valley’s Westside Winemakers Club for a number of years.

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