Name: Ovum - Gewurztraminer Music for Lovers
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Ovum – Gewurztraminer Music for Lovers

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USA - OR

Southern Oregon

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White

The Facts

UPCs 2023 (12pk/750ml) - 8 67521 00021 2

Origins USA - OR > Southern Oregon > Rogue Valley

Appellation Rogue Valley

Varietal Gewurztraminer

Cepage 100% Gewurztraminer

Winemaking This old vine Gewurz is picked by hand, at 3am, when the Illinois Valley temperature has dropped below 40 degrees. After a six-hour journey to the winery, the fruit was whole cluster pressed. Nothing is added to the juice – no sulfur, nutrients, enzymes or yeast. Native fermentation takes place in egg, oval cask, and acacia barrel. After nine months of lees contact, the wine is racked and blended. No cold stabilization or fining. We add minimal SO2 in the cellar (20-40ppm). The wines do not naturally go through ML, so we cross-flow the wine before bottling in order to prevent re- fermentation.

Aging Cement egg, oval casks, and Acacia puncheons

Alcohol by Volume 12.5%

Markets Texas

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The Character

Aromas White citrus & stone fruit, rose, lychee, hints of vanilla

Mouthfeel Light body, high acid

Tasting Notes the 2023 Gewurz shows restraint within context. Roasted marshmallow, white grapefruit and peach waft from the glass. The classic rose and lychee aromats are faintly in the background. The bone dry palate offers a light bodied, shockingly high acid wine, with an unusual length and minerality.

Sustainability Sustainable In Practice, Natural Fermentation

The Story

The Southernmost vineyard in Oregon, this property nearly straddles the California border. Alluvial clay firms the silty, sandy soil that is riddled with serpentine. High in nickel and magnesium, serpentine creates a caustic environment where Gewurz becomes concentrated, and usually high in tartaric acid. Farming practices are dry-farmed, sustainable, while working our way toward full organic farming.

About Ovum

Producer Story

Founded in 2011 by John House & Ksenija Kostic House, Ovum was born out of the idea that Oregon Riesling has similar qualities to that found in world class growing regions. We set out to discover if our belief was reality drawing from all regions in Oregon. Our low intervention production is committed to allowing vintage & vineyard shine, for better or worse. We use native ferments, no subtractions or additions (except SO2) & extended lees. All of this is done in neutral acacia & oak barrels, and cement egg. Ovum is solely committed to white varieties. Each wine is produced the same way - variation has everything to do with the time & place, and little to do with the winemaker. Our hope is that through minimal handling & honest technique, we produce an old fashion wine in the modern world.

Producer Story

Founded in 2011 by John House & Ksenija Kostic House, Ovum was born out of the idea that Oregon Riesling has similar qualities to that found in world class growing regions. We set out to discover if our belief was reality drawing from all regions in Oregon. Our low intervention production is committed to allowing vintage & vineyard shine, for better or worse. We use native ferments, no subtractions or additions (except SO2) & extended lees. All of this is done in neutral acacia & oak barrels, and cement egg. Ovum is solely committed to white varieties. Each wine is produced the same way - variation has everything to do with the time & place, and little to do with the winemaker. Our hope is that through minimal handling & honest technique, we produce an old fashion wine in the modern world.