Teutonic Wine Company was founded by Barnaby and Olga Tuttle in 2005. While these wines are inspired by the wines of the Middle-Mosel Valley in Germany and Alsace in France, they are a celebration of Oregon. Barnaby and Olga work with cool climate growing sites and are focused on quality farming as well as minimal intervention in both the vineyard and winery.
The fruit for the 2023 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir comes from the Ankeny Vineyard, just south of Salem, OR. The vineyard was planted in 1985. The vines are own rooted and dry farmed with organic practices. No pesticides are used in the vineyard with as little intervention as possible. The fruit was hand harvested, destemmed, and gently pressed before it spent two weeks cold macerating. The must was then pressed off of the skins and fermented in neutral oak barrels with indigenous yeast. The wine was aged in neutral oak barrels before bottling. This Pinot Noir has a lovely balance of fruit and flowers with silky tannins.
