Buona Notte Wines Chiassoso Pinot Grigio 2020
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| Management number | 253563055 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$13.60 | Model Number | 253563055 | ||
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Chiassoso is Italian for rambunctious, and this wine earns the name. It is made from organically farmed Pinot Grigio sourced from a vineyard on the cliffs of Underwood Mountain in Washington, sitting at approximately 1,500 feet elevation in the foothills of Mt. Adams. The grapes are macerated on their skins for six to eight days, producing a copper-hued, textured wine in the classic Ramato style. Ramato refers to the coppery color Pinot Grigio takes on when its pink-grey skins spend time with the juice during fermentation.
The result is a high-acid, savory wine with notes of herbs, black tea, and dried red fruit. Pinot Grigio is a color mutation of Pinot Noir, and its pigmented skins lend both color and gentle tannin structure to the wine. With six to eight days of skin contact, this sits at the lighter end of orange wine in terms of extraction, though it carries far more texture and complexity than a conventional white Pinot Grigio.
Winemaker Graham Markel operates Buona Notte out of the Columbia Gorge, making low-intervention, unfined, and unfiltered wines with Italian varietals. The winery was founded around 2016 when Graham started purchasing fruit from organically farmed vineyards in the Gorge. He trained under Maggie Harrison at Antica Terra and Master Sommelier Nate Ready at Hiyu Wine Farm before launching Buona Notte. Labels are printed on 50% post-consumer waste and 50% hemp paper; bottles are made from recycled glass sealed with beeswax from local hives.
Serve lightly chilled, around 52-55F. This wine is built for food: the savory, umami-driven profile locks in with anything from oily fish to rich vegetable dishes. The winemaker recommends fresh sardines with tomato and onion salad, and the combination makes sense given the wine's acidity and herbal edge.
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