2019 La Frontiere Sauvignon Blanc

Appellation: Willamette Valley AVA

By: Division Winemaking Company

In: Portland, OR

Winestyr Review

Sourced primarily from an organically farmed vineyard in Eola-Amity Hills, the southeast end of the Willamette Valley subzones and fully exposed to the Van Duzer Corridor, the wine is brought up in a mix of puncheon, neutral Burgundy barrel, and stainless steel. As with all Division wines, the approach here is to let the grapes and vineyards speak for themselves, which they do to the tune and a bright and zippy Sauvignon Blanc.

What We Love

• Eola-Amity fruit
• Non-interventionalist winemaking

At this price, your only problem will be keeping enough wine around to last through a weekend.

Experience

Division Winemaking Company is a Portland, Oregon based winery founded in 2010 by Kate Norris and Thomas Monroe. Inspired by the wineries of Loire, Beaujolais, Burgundy, and the Northern Rhone where they first learned winemaking and viticulture, the urban winery creates Oregon and Washington wines including Pinot Noir, Gamay, Chardonnay, Rosé, Chenin, Riesling, Cabernet Franc, Cot, Syrah, Grenache, and Sauvignon Blanc. Determined to make approachable and balanced wines though minimal manipulation, the winemakers have a passion to work with well farmed, terroir-expressive vineyards, many of which are organic and/or Biodynamic, celebrating the varietals the winemakers loves to drink.

Winery

Division Winemaking Company is a Portland, Oregon based winery founded in 2010 by Kate Norris and Thomas Monroe. Inspired by the wineries of Loire, Beaujolais, Burgundy, and the Northern Rhone where they first learned winemaking and viticulture, the urban winery creates Oregon and Washington wines including Pinot Noir, Gamay, Chardonnay, Rosé, Chenin, Riesling, Cabernet Franc, Cot, Syrah, Grenache, and Sauvignon Blanc. Determined to make approachable and balanced wines though minimal manipulation, the winemakers have a passion to work with well farmed, terroir-expressive vineyards, many of which are organic and/or Biodynamic, celebrating the varietals the winemakers loves to drink. Division Winemaking Company represents a new generation of winemakers that are looking beyond the status quo to create unique styles of wine, with a purpose, a story, and without barriers.