Winemaker Notes
Spirit Hill Vineyard is Argyle’s highest elevation site where the Van Duzer winds whip through the vineyard, keeping this wine fresh and crisp. Perfect with oysters on the half-shell.
Food Pairing Notes
It’s early in its lifespan, but Spirit Hill is beginning to display a combination of attributes we’ve come to know at our other vineyards in the Dundee and Eola-Amity Hills…call it the best of both worlds.
Vineyard Notes
The 2016 growing season began with a warm, dry winter leading to one of our earliest bud breaks on
record. Getting off to this kind of pace and continuing with a warm Spring, bloom came early and
under a good amount of heat, leading to a shortened window of flowering and also resulting in an
uneven but more average sized set, meaning we wouldn't have to crop thin much later in the season.
Summer was warm and consistent, leading into another early start to harvest. Harvest was quick and
condensed, starting at Lone Star Vineyard in the Eola-Amity Hills on August 25th and finishing not
even one month later, in the upper elevations of the Eola-Amity Hills at our Spirit Hill Vineyard on
September 21st. This was our second growing season ever to be done picking before the month of
October.
