2023 Division Gamay Noir Nouveau

Region: Columbia Valley < WashingtonGrapes: Gamay NoirVineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic farming (in certification process); mineral intense soils formed from volcanic Miocene uplift against basalt bedrock that is layered with a primary topsoil being made up of quartz and lime-silica.  Carbonic fermentation in stainless steel; bottled unfined and unfiltered with zero added SO2; zero-zero; 13% ABVWinemaker: Kate Norris and Tom MonroeNEW VINTAGE! Division Wine Company is part of Oregon's new guard of wine, making soulful and low-intervention wines from organic, terroir-driven vineyard sites in Oregon and Washington State.  After leaving their jobs in New York, owners Kate and Tom moved to France to work harvests in the Loire Valley, Beaujolais, and Burgundy. Inspired by these wines, they moved to Oregon in 2010 to start Division to produce similarly stylistic wines with modest alcohol, bright acidity, less extraction, and minimal manipulation.  A couple of years later, the couple co-found