Torii Mor Pinot Blanc 2024

Torii Mor 2024 Pinot The wine offers forward, bright, fresh floral aromatic paired with aromas of green apple, blood orange followed by lemon framed by a slight clove note. The flavors show bright acidity, minerality, apples, and pears complimented with a floral and citrus savory mix. The wine texture is bright and rich with juicy acidity from beginning to end. The finish is long with lasting citrus notes and a dry-mineral sensation. This Pinot Blanc will be a great companion to seafood dishes.

Tukwilla Vineyard is on the lower slopes of the Dundee Hills AVA, between 300- and 350-feet elevation, the soil are basaltic, a mix of Jory, and alluvial Woodburn.  Tukwilla Vineyard was planted in the 1990’s.

Oregon’s For the 2024 vintage, growing degree-day accumulations ended higher than average over most of the west, except along coastal zones and within a few mountain-valley areas. After a cool spring, the first notable heat came to Oregon in mid-to late June when the berries were in the early stage of development, followed by a weeklong heat wave in July that initially elevated some grape damage and fire concerns. Fruit set in 2024 was a bit variable around the state and by variety but overall was average. The July heat wave likely led to some variation in fruit set, including some shatter and varying averages in quality and quantity of fruit set. Berry and cluster sizes were variable by variety and region, ranging from average to down in size, with yields coming in either average or down in regions that experienced heat stress in July and/or sunburn in September. August brought slightly warmer than average temperatures followed by September, which was a roller coaster for temperatures with record breaking heat early and late in the month, sandwiching a very cool period in between. October continued a run of very nice conditions to end the 2024 vintage. Generally mild to warm temperatures and not much precipitation until late October made for a vintage with little to no pressure to pick until the fruit was showing its best flavors and acidity.

Our 2024 Pinot Blanc, harvested on October 1, 2024, at 21.2 Brix, pressed then racked into a Stainless-steel tank, inoculated with D47 yeast strain and fermented for 33 days. The wine didn’t go through Malo-Lactic fermentation and was racked and sterile filtered at bottling.

The name ‘Torii Mor’ is an integration of the Japanese the word for a gate to sacred place and the ancient Scandinavian word ‘Mor’ which means: "earth."  By integrating these two distinct languages, the metaphor of the vine as a sacred gate to the earth through which beautiful things come is formed.  Perhaps no other varietal expresses the sense of place from which it comes more elegantly than Pinot Noir, and Torrii Mor’s Pinot Noirs are carefully crafted with minimal handling and native yeast fermentation to express what the earth offers in the most nonintrusive and purest style possible.
Torii Mor views wine, especially Pinot noir, is a priceless, non-reproducible work of art created by the cooperation of people with nature and people with each other.  It is both art and a story to be enjoyed with family and friends.  We think that you will agree.