2021 Joe Swick 'Bring It’

Region: Oregon < USA Grapes: 60% Pinot Noir | 20% Syrah | 5% Grenache Noir | 5% Mourvedre | 5% Touriga Nacional | 5% Gewurztraminer Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Certified organic farming; high elevation vineyards on sandy loam soils; grapes are hand-harvested and whole bunches ferment semi-carbonically in 500-liter barrels with daily foot-stomping; skin macerated for about 30 days before pressing. The wine goes into 500-liter 5-year-old barrels for about 9 months of elevage; bottled unfined, unfiltered, no added sulfites; 12.8% ABV Winemaker: Joe Swick MOUNTAIN MAGIC:  Raw wine from Washington State vineyards at 1650 feet - you’ve seen Twilight, this place is all about the mountains and the rain and the crazy shit that happens in the wild, green forests.   Joe Swick is a 5th generation Oregonian winemaker who is somewhat of a natural wine pioneer in the Pacific Northwest. After traveling and working in wine all over, he returned to Oregon to start his own label in 2013. Like many young n