2022 Day Wines "Dazzles of Light" White Blend, Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA

ABOUT THIS WINE

Our introductory 2021 Dazzles of Light white blend is a new addition to our portfolio. We wanted to make a bright and springy, textural white wine which uses Chardonnay as the base and amplifies it through complementary varieties of Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc. What a vintage to try this new concept out in, 2021 continues to prove itself to be such a dynamic vintage; generous in fruit and floral character, with incredible acid and flavor development. For this wine all fruit was direct pressed and cold settled for 24 hours before being racked to 5 year old French oak barrels for spontaneous primary and malolactic fermentation

ABOUT THIS PRODUCER

In 2006 Brianne Day sold everything she owned and began traveling through wine regions all over the world. Over the following eight years she visited around 80 different regions, working at wineries in Burgundy, Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand. During this time, she re-established her home base in Oregon and worked at a number of wineries including The Eyrie Vineyards and Brooks.

In 2012 Brianne started her own winery with some Pinot Noir grapes from the 15-acre, dry-farmed Crowley Station Vineyard in the Eola Amity Hills. The inaugural vintage was only 125 cases and sold out quickly. On the strength of that single bottling she was invited to the RAW fair in London and was one of only seven American wineries mentioned in Isabelle Legeron’s recent book, Natural Wine, alongside Edmunds St. John and Arnot Roberts.

Since then, Brianne has grown production to a level of around 5000cs/year and continues to experiment with under-appreciated varieties such as Malvasia, Tannat, and even Aligote while honing her Pinot Noir skills.

Brianne's general winemaking is as follows: native yeast fermentations, low additions of sulfur, minimal punch downs, rare pump overs, and only tiny amounts of new oak.