Oregon Wine Board - 2016 WILLAMETTE VALLEY: MCMINNVILLE This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. WASHINGTON Oregon Wine Board - 2016 NORTH WILLAMETTEWILLAMETTE VALLEY VALLEY NORTHWASHINGTON WILLAMETTE VALLEY W illa Six AVAs are containedr within m Columbia Rive et RIBBON RIDGE t e R iv the Willamette Valley AVA er PORTLAND YAMHILL-CARLTON CHEHALEM MOUNTAINS I-5 MCMINNVILLE COAST RANGE DUNDEE HILLS EOLA-AMITY HILLS W i l l THE COASTAL RANGE a m e t t e R i v e ELEVATION (FT) r 11K SALEM 6K CASCADE RANGE I-5 SEA LEVEL Oregon Wine Board - 2016 WILLAMETTE VALLEY:WILLAMETTE MCMINNVILLE VALLEY DUNDEE YAMHILL- HILLS CARLTON MCMINNVILLE Established: 2005 PACIFIC OCEAN 50 MILES Planted Area: 1,750 acres (710 ha) (80 KM) Predominant Soils: Marine sedimentary, marine bedrock and volcanic Predominant Varieties: Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Pinot gris, Riesling, Pinot blanc MCMINNVILLE PORTLAND 40 MILES (64 KM) EOLA-AMITY HILLS ELEVATION (FT) 11K 6K SEA LEVEL Oregon Wine Board - 2016 WILLAMETTE VALLEY: MCMINNVILLE MCMINNVILLE TERROIR WINE Weathered soils sit on top of unique marine Elevation and geography bedrock, called the Nestucca Formation, ripen fruit slowly, forcing vines to struggle and produce resulting in Pinot noir complex fruit. with a strong backbone of tannin exhibiting The Van Duzer Corridor to the south provides darker fruit flavors a gap for cool ocean winds to blow through, rounded out by spice, dropping temperatures dramatically in the mineral and earth notes. late afternoon, retaining grapes’ acidity. White wines are bright and fruit-forward. Oregon Wine Board - 2016 WILLAMETTE VALLEY: MCMINNVILLE HYLAND VINEYARD Image: CWK Photography Oregon Wine Board - 2016 WILLAMETTE VALLEY: MCMINNVILLE YOUNGBERG HILL Image: CWK Photography Oregon Wine Board - 2016 WILLAMETTE VALLEY: MCMINNVILLE MOMTAZI VINEYARD Image: ©Andrea Johnson Photography Oregon Wine Board - 2016 WILLAMETTE VALLEY: MCMINNVILLE BRITTAN VINEYARDS Image: ©Andrea Johnson Photography Oregon Wine Board - 2016 WILLAMETTE VALLEY: MCMINNVILLE With our focus on growing Pinot noir, we were looking for a cooler site. Being at a higher altitude and closer to the ocean provides growing conditions that ripen fruit slowly, achieving good structure and higher acidity with mineral and earthy characteristics backing up more prominent black fruit flavors. - WAYNE BAILEY Youngberg Hill MCMINNVILLE AVA.