Orr Wines Salumeria Red Blend
WHY WE LOVE IT
- The Salumeria blend is sourced from vineyards in the Columbia Valley. A surprising clone 191 Cabernet Sauvignon from Stillwater Creek, Sangiovese from Boushey vineyard, and Merlot.
- The blend is named “Salumeria”, the Italian word for deli, the place where you would buy salami and prosciutto.
Varietal: 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Sangiovese, 8% Merlot
Elaboration: Grapes were hand-picked and destemmed into open top bins, including 1.3 tons of Boushey Sangio. After fermentation, the wines were pressed, settled, and aged in used French oak barrels for 10 months. The blend was bottled unfined and unfiltered, using American-made glass and TCA-free DIAM corks.
Tasting Notes: Salumeria is a spontaneous blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese and Merlot from winemaker, Erica Orr. The result? Delish!
PRESS
2023 – 92 International Wine Report
PRODUCER BACKGROUND
At a bar in San Francisco in 1998, Erica Orr met winemaker Aaron Pott who convinced her that winemaking was the coolest job in the world. She took a vacation from her lab tech job at UCSF to work harvest with Cathy Corison while applying to the master’s program at Davis. She was hooked and there was no turning back.
Erica honed her craft working at some of the best wineries in the world: Rudd Estate, Cain Vineyard, Domaine Dujac and Yering Station. In 2005, she moved to Washington state and started an independent winemaking consulting and enology business in Woodinville, where she helped wineries like Baer, Mark Ryan, Guardian, Sparkman and others rack up 90+ point scores and now two Spectator Top 100 wines. In 2013, Erica decided the time had come to create a wine all her own. The inaugural and limited release of Orr Wines − 116 cases of old vine Chenin Blanc − came into being with the generous help and goodwill of the Woodinville winemaking community.