What importer Polaner Selections has to say about this wine...

VINEYARD
The Hope Well vineyard sits perchered on a ridge in the Eola-Amity Hills of the Willamette Valley. Hope Well is a beautiful place where Mimi Casteel lives and works. It is where her children run with bare feet, where lush swaths of native habitat are the architectural foundation of a rich, textural landscape. It is where the roots of grapevines stretch and mingle with the roots of a full and diverse ground cover, twining, sharing and passing on the great secrets of a place in time through miles of silvery, tubular threads of mycorrhizal fungi.It is a place where human animals labor with sheep, llamas, alpacas and goats to do the true good work of careful stewardship and humble attendance.
SOIL
Volcanic (Jory) on Terrace, Ancient Marine Sediment on slopes
VITICULTURE
The Hope Well vineyard is meticulously farmed using 100% natural, organic and biodynamic methods. A chemical free environment that employs regenerative farming is important to create a place that thrives with biodiversity and well being.
VINIFICATION
The grapes were pressed cold, the juice went to tank for one day, then straight to barrel with all but the green lees, for a cool, slow fermentation. Both primary and malolactic fermentations are done using ambient yeasts.
AGING
The wine was aged for 10 months in 2 neutral French, oak barrels and 1 second pass barrel from 2019.