Raptor Ridge – Estate Gruner Veltliner
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Willamette Valley
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White
The Facts
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The Character
The Story
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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