2019GoldenCluster‘Olmo’OldVineFloraWillametteValley,USA

<p>Our friends Golden Cluster on Flora: Flora was developed in 1938, by Dr. Harold Olmo at UC-Davis. This grape is a cross of Sémillon and Gewurztraminer. It was created for cooler California climates and offered a wine grape that was lower in acid and more pleasing to the current American wine consumer at the time. Highly acidic wines have never really been popular in the USA. This grape provides an amazingly smooth wine drinking experience. It’s got a bit of an oily texture, subtle aromatics (surprising considering its Gewurztraminer parentage), and a lemon with honey flavors.</p><p>There isn’t a lot of Flora left in the USA, so we are very proud to be making wine from some of the oldest known Flora vines in the country. We hope that you enjoy this rare piece of Oregon’s vinicultural history.</p>