Illahe Vineyards Willamette Valley Viognier 2025 Baden 2022 was hot and dry

2022 was hot and dry in the Côte de Nuits with real heat through July and August

juicy notes with a refreshing lightly bitter finish

and it shows here as mineral freshness

prized above all for the mineral clarity its Trias soils bring to Mourvèdre

Illahe Vineyards Willamette Valley Viognier 2025 Baden 2022 was hot and dryThe Land Viognier is a northern Rhne grape that needs heat to develop its aromatics and cool nights to keep from turning oily and flat, and almost nowhere manages both. The Willamette Valley is an unlikely place to look, but Illahe's corner of it works for a specific reason: the estate sits in the Coast Range foothills near Dallas, in Polk County about 15 miles west of Salem, directly in the path of the Van Duzer Corridor. That gap in the mountains