Love and Squalor Willamette Valley Gamay Noir 2022 MH saltiness and sweetness that balance

saltiness and sweetness that balance perfectly as perfumed wood smoke rises to envelop them all

and pungent florals—and chewy fruit that shifts from spicy to candied violet

followed by notes of honey and cereals intertwining in a symphony of aromas

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Love and Squalor Willamette Valley Gamay Noir 2022 MH saltiness and sweetness that balanceEveryone in Oregon makes Pinot Noir. Matt Berson makes Gamay, and he makes it like someone with nothing to prove. Berson got pulled out of the restaurant grind in 2003 by what he calls a band of marauding Oregon winemakers, then went and worked harvests in New Zealand, Napa, Germany and Argentina before setting up his winery in an unglamorous corner of Portland. His approach is stubbornly hands off: organic fruit from growers he's known for a decade,