Goodfellow Half Bottle 2019 Whistling Ridge Chardonnay

Ribbon Ridge  Marcus Goodfellow makes some of the most elegant and precise New World Pinot Noirs that I know of… The Pinots (and Chardonnays) are distinctly taut and precise, and they rarely hit above 13.5% alcohol. I cannot recommend them highly enough to readers who prize this style.  Josh Raynolds, Vinous Media, February 2022

Richard Alvord and his wife Patricia own and farm this 15-acre hilltop vineyard in Ribbon Ridge AVA, the smallest of Oregon's AVAs. Alvord, a WWII pilot, originally planted this site in 1990 and named it for the breeze that whistles through the vineyard every afternoon. The Chardonnay parcel has four clones--76, 96, Espiguette and 108--and covers 1 acre of shallow marine sediments (maybe 10 inches of top soil) above the Beaux Frères vineyard. Regardless of the varietal, this site always gives intense fruit--the wind, shallow soil, and dry farming ensure that. 250 cases annually.