Isenhower Cellars “Photobomb” Pinot Gris
WHY WE LOVE IT
- Photobomb is the name of Isenhower’s entry level, experimental, and imaginative wines. Their juice is carefully selected from multiple vineyards throughout the Pacific Northwest.
- These wines are blended and bottled at Isenhower Cellars.
Variety: 100% Pinot Gris
Elaboration: Gently pressed and fermented dry in a combination of 17% French oak barrels and 83% stainless steel tanks to retain the natural acidity and fruit avors.
Tasting Notes: The Pinot Gris has a clear, pale yellow hue. Aromas have a distinct minerality with fruit notes of asian pear, white nectarine, and green apple. There are notes of creamy oak and tingly acidity. The mouth feel is full of green apple, meyers lemon, and nectarine. The texture has generous acidity and is light and fresh in body.
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PRODUCER BACKGROUND
Isenhower Cellars was founded in 1999 by Denise and Brett Isenhower and was the 18th winery in the Walla Walla area. The Isenhower’s, both Pharmacists, chose to leave their Colorado surroundings and corporate healthcare to follow Brett’s dream of winemaking and Denise’s dream of moving back to Washington, where they first met. Today, Denise is the General Manager and Brett is the Winemaker. For Brett, Walla Walla was an easy choice because of its beauty and the wide-open, entrepreneurial nature of the wine industry there. Isenhower Cellars is one of the few medium-sized Washington wineries that is 100% husband and wife owned and operated.
The Isenhower’s built their winery in 2002 and opened the Woodinville tasting room in 2009. They source their grapes from experienced, established growers ranging from Columbia Valley, Horse Heaven Hills, Walla Walla, Yakima Valley, Red Mountain, and Oregon to the Wahluke Slope. These high-elevation farms produce beautiful juice from old vines all the way to experimental clones.
Isenhower Cellars and their growers follow a minimalist philosophy and more natural winemaking process, including low pesticides, light intervention and sustainable farming methods to achieve depth of character, lightness of touch, and an array of fresh, interesting wines.