2022 Anne Amie Vineyards Estate Müller-Thurgau, Yamhill-Carlton
Our estate-grown Müller-Thurgau comes from vines first planted in 1979. Crisp, fresh, and dry, it is a charming example of the variety at its best. From chicken to shellfish, this wine is a versatile match for mildly spicy foods like Thai, Creole, or Mexican.
Vinification
Picking dates were chosen based on harvesting at lower pH and brix to ensure a nice balanced wine with good acidity and lower alcohol. The grapes were hand-picked and brought directly to the winery in 1/2-ton totes. They were gently whole cluster pressed, and after settling, very clean juice was racked into temperature-controlled stainless steel fermenters, where they were slowly cold-fermented at 58°F to 62°F for maximum varietal character. No SO2 was added until the end of primary fermentation, and malolactic fermentation was blocked to preserve the natural acidity and aromatic purity. The wine then aged in tank on the fine lees for six months prior to bottling. Throughout these processes, attention to detail was paramount, ensuring clean, careful, precise winemaking.
Vintage Description
The 2022 vintage was an unpredictable one for the Pacific Northwest. Cold and wet Spring weather, coupled with persistent frost conditions, initially spelled disaster for many vineyards. Some AVAs suffered a significant loss of crops, with declines of up to 50 percent or more. Needless to say, anxiety ran high in the Willamette Valley. However, when the warm weather finally arrived, the vines displayed their resilience with a robust secondary fruit set in most vineyards, though the early challenges necessitated meticulous vineyard management through the summer. The summer itself was characterized by almost no rain and warm days with minimal heat stress. A warm and dry Fall then brought much-needed stability to the vintage. Sunny days and dry weather persisted into October, creating beneficial harvest conditions, yielding fruit of exceptional quality, with ripe and nuanced flavors and ideal acidity. Most wines produced from this vintage will have lower alcohol content, showcasing the pure, fresh flavors of the grapes. Although the 2022 vintage began on shaky ground, it made a spectacular comeback to a classic style vintage that harks back to the Willamette Valley’s past.
When Dr. Robert Pamplin, one of Oregon’s most forward-thinking philanthropists and businessmen, purchased the historic Chateau Benoit Winery in 1999, his vision was to create wines of the highest quality to reflect his passion for excellence. To this end Dr. Pamplin has charged winemaker Thomas Houseman and winegrower Peter Ebbers with the task of crafting extraordinary pinot noir. Thomas, Peter, and the rest of the crew are absolutely passionate about producing wines of the finest quality and have dedicated their lives to this quest.
Pinot reigns supreme at Anne Amie Vineyards with Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc forming the heart of our production. Complementing the pinot family is Old-Vine Estate Müller Thurgau, planted in 1979. As with all great wines, our’s start in the vineyards. We are fortunate to have some of Oregon’s best sites, all of which are Salmon Safe and LIVE certified. Our estate vineyards, along with those we purchase from, receive only the minimal required treatments and yields are dramatically reduced in order to give fruit with great depth and complexity.
Our estate vineyards are located in the rolling hills of the Yamhill-Carlton District and on the steep hillsides of the Chehalem Mountains, both nestled in Oregon’s verdant Willamette Valley. Our LIVE certified winery is located on our Yamhill-Carlton property, a few miles from both Lafayette and Carlton, Oregon.
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Hello Casemateys! Jenny and I were excited beyond words to get the email from Alice last Wednesday evening. (If you don’t want the backstory, skip to the
heading below.) It had been a busy work day for both of us, and it was time for some wine to find out that the UPS truck had skipped delivery without calling.
Thursday I’m scheduled for jury duty. After five hours of voir dire, the judge dismissed us at about 3:30 PM, and it was time for some wine to realize that we had accidentally given Alice our storage unit address rather than our home one.
I ran over to the storage unit office–closed until 5:15. After standing outside for half an hour, someone finally opened the door. It was time for some wine to go pick up the kids from school. Traffic is especially bad that evening, and we’re home by 6:30. Finally, finally–it’s time for some…
2022 Anne Amie Vineyards Estate Müller-Thurgau, Yamhill-Carlton
The bottle is beautiful as usual for Anne Amie, and the wine pours…clear? I thought Jenny had given me a glass of water. It turns out, it’s a very pale yellow that coincidentally matched our very yellowish lightbulbs. In regular light, it’s a beautiful light straw color, namely 2700K warm white.
The flavors are delicate ripe fruits–I’m thinking citrus, our younger kid takes a sniff and says lemon. What stands out is the wine’s mouth-puckering acidity. Jenny says it’s precisely like a tart Granny Smith apple: intensely crisp, juicy fruit throughout, with just barely a hint of sweetness. I am no apple connoisseur, and she is, so I’d trust her on this one. The more delicate flavors are easiest to identify when the wine is cold, perhaps because the lower temperature mutes the tartness.
Our guess was that the wine ought to be refreshing against rich or spicy foods. Not having prepared anything like that for dinner, I whipped up a bowl of butter rice with XO
sauce and hot chili oil (the recipe is, you stir them together and microwave). This was a successful combination, with the heat and the brininess of the XO sauce balancing out the wine’s acidity, enhancing the sweeter citrus flavors. We also sliced some of our jamon serrano leg and the wine paired quite nicely against the saltiness of it.
We saved a glass for the next day, and were happy to find that the wine tasted the same despite being stored in the fridge, simply in the bottle. In the hopes of one day writing the words “this is the white wine for steak,” we made ourselves a ribeye for dinner. It wasn’t ideal (could I really have expected that?), but it was workable–the wine’s crispness cut through the fat well, and the fruit was still there a bit.
This wine strikes me as made for food. I’d highly recommend pairing with spicy Asian dishes, as the description recommends, or other hot/umami cuisines (a
pasta arrabbiata would probably be great). Have it for lunch outdoors in the sun, or if you drink it for dinner, consider some cool white lightbulbs.
Thank you @WCCWineGirl and @WineDavid49 for this wonderful surprise – and wishing everyone a very happy holiday!
@Leatherchair Personally it’s a little hard to say because we literally just filled up our last storage rack space! I think that if the aforementioned cuisines are on your regular rotation, it’s a good buy and you’d go through it pretty quickly.
We were very excited when we received our Lab Rat to review. We received a 2022 bottle of Anne Amie Muller-Thurgau. My first impression was the label, for me, I instantly thought it would make a perfect cover for a book. Then I saw the Umlaut and became even more excited, we have fond memories of drinking German whites from the Baden area of Germany.
We put the wine in the chiller and decided that it would be enjoyed Friday evening. We decided to pair it with freshly caught grilled Mahi-mahi, rice, and fresh green beans.
We opened the wine as we prepared dinner and had a sip without food. It was very nice on its own, the first impression of the nose was vanilla and honeysuckle. The first sip was very pleasant, I tasted honey and apple. My husband also tasted the honey, but he had a bit more citrus taste than apple.
The taste did change for me with food. My husband still had the citrus, honey, and some ginger. Once I tried it with the grilled fish the citrus hit my palate. For me I was getting honey, vanilla and key lime.
This wine was very nice and would pair very well with a Christmas Eve Feast of the Seven Fishes.
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: tax and shipping are not included in savings calculations).
2022 Anne Amie Vineyards Müller-Thurgau - $55 = 33.33%
My Casemates purchase history says I bought a mixed case from Anne Amie back in June 2018. It included 6 Müller-Thurgau. I’ve slept several times since then , so I don’t remember anything about it…plus 2018 was early in my wine journey of trying wines outside of the grocery store wines. So here we go with a case of this one…we love spicy Asian food, so we should have many good pairing opportunities.
/giphy victorian-nice-yuletide
/giphy starlit-magnificent-fir
Loved the Müller-Thurgau from past offers, would like to see some Amrita again too @Winedavid49. Cellar Tracker says I’ve consumed 105 bottles of Anne Amie wines, all purchased here!
I definitely have more wine than I have storage, but this sounds pretty good and I don’t have many bottles of white. So, I went with a FOMO purchase of 4 bottles.
/giphy meaningful-starlit-frankincense
Made a lot of Muller Thurgau 45 years ago while serving my apprenticeship in Germany. The specs look good and lab rat reports are good. I like this Halb Trocken style. I’m in.
Cheers,
Scott
2022 Anne Amie Vineyards Estate Müller-Thurgau, Yamhill-Carlton
Vinification
Vintage Description
AROMA
FLAVOR
FINISH
SUGGESTED FOOD PAIRINGS
Specs
What’s Included
4-bottles:
Case:
Price Comparison
$300.00/Case for 12x 2022 Anne Amie Vineyards Estate Müller-Thurgau, Yamhill-Carlton at Anne Amie Vineyards
About The Winery
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Monday, Jan 8 - Wednesday, Jan 10
2022 Anne Amie Vineyards Müller-Thurgau
4 bottles for $54.99 $13.75/bottle + $2/bottle shipping
Case of 12 for $109.99 $9.17/bottle + $1/bottle shipping
Is this under the new wine maker?
@danidani12
After a bit of research, it seems Jay Somers and Kory Sumner replaced Thomas Houseman for the 2022 harvest. H/T to @kaolis
@kaolis @rjquillin thank you!
Hello Casemateys! Jenny and I were excited beyond words to get the email from Alice last Wednesday evening. (If you don’t want the backstory, skip to the
heading below.) It had been a busy work day for both of us, and it was time
for some wineto find out that the UPS truck had skipped delivery without calling.Thursday I’m scheduled for jury duty. After five hours of voir dire, the judge dismissed us at about 3:30 PM, and it was time
for some wineto realize that we had accidentally given Alice our storage unit address rather than our home one.I ran over to the storage unit office–closed until 5:15. After standing outside for half an hour, someone finally opened the door. It was time
for some wineto go pick up the kids from school. Traffic is especially bad that evening, and we’re home by 6:30. Finally, finally–it’s time for some…2022 Anne Amie Vineyards Estate Müller-Thurgau, Yamhill-Carlton
The bottle is beautiful as usual for Anne Amie, and the wine pours…clear? I thought Jenny had given me a glass of water. It turns out, it’s a very pale yellow that coincidentally matched our very yellowish lightbulbs. In regular light, it’s a beautiful light straw color, namely 2700K warm white.
The flavors are delicate ripe fruits–I’m thinking citrus, our younger kid takes a sniff and says lemon. What stands out is the wine’s mouth-puckering acidity. Jenny says it’s precisely like a tart Granny Smith apple: intensely crisp, juicy fruit throughout, with just barely a hint of sweetness. I am no apple connoisseur, and she is, so I’d trust her on this one. The more delicate flavors are easiest to identify when the wine is cold, perhaps because the lower temperature mutes the tartness.
Our guess was that the wine ought to be refreshing against rich or spicy foods. Not having prepared anything like that for dinner, I whipped up a bowl of butter rice with XO
sauce and hot chili oil (the recipe is, you stir them together and microwave). This was a successful combination, with the heat and the brininess of the XO sauce balancing out the wine’s acidity, enhancing the sweeter citrus flavors. We also sliced some of our jamon serrano leg and the wine paired quite nicely against the saltiness of it.
We saved a glass for the next day, and were happy to find that the wine tasted the same despite being stored in the fridge, simply in the bottle. In the hopes of one day writing the words “this is the white wine for steak,” we made ourselves a ribeye for dinner. It wasn’t ideal (could I really have expected that?), but it was workable–the wine’s crispness cut through the fat well, and the fruit was still there a bit.
This wine strikes me as made for food. I’d highly recommend pairing with spicy Asian dishes, as the description recommends, or other hot/umami cuisines (a
pasta arrabbiata would probably be great). Have it for lunch outdoors in the sun, or if you drink it for dinner, consider some cool white lightbulbs.
Thank you @WCCWineGirl and @WineDavid49 for this wonderful surprise – and wishing everyone a very happy holiday!
@cduan thank you for the review. Would you buy? Thank you
@cduan thanks for talking about the color of the wine! It’s hard to tell from the sale page
@cduan @CruelMelody I thought it would be different color!
@Leatherchair Personally it’s a little hard to say because we literally just filled up our last storage rack space! I think that if the aforementioned cuisines are on your regular rotation, it’s a good buy and you’d go through it pretty quickly.
@cduan thank you for the reply and detail!
We were very excited when we received our Lab Rat to review. We received a 2022 bottle of Anne Amie Muller-Thurgau. My first impression was the label, for me, I instantly thought it would make a perfect cover for a book. Then I saw the Umlaut and became even more excited, we have fond memories of drinking German whites from the Baden area of Germany.
We put the wine in the chiller and decided that it would be enjoyed Friday evening. We decided to pair it with freshly caught grilled Mahi-mahi, rice, and fresh green beans.
We opened the wine as we prepared dinner and had a sip without food. It was very nice on its own, the first impression of the nose was vanilla and honeysuckle. The first sip was very pleasant, I tasted honey and apple. My husband also tasted the honey, but he had a bit more citrus taste than apple.
The taste did change for me with food. My husband still had the citrus, honey, and some ginger. Once I tried it with the grilled fish the citrus hit my palate. For me I was getting honey, vanilla and key lime.
This wine was very nice and would pair very well with a Christmas Eve Feast of the Seven Fishes.
A little blurb from Oregon Wine Press discusses the grape and comments from the winery here
The Oregonian has some comments on winemakers (plural, looks current?) here
fwiw
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: tax and shipping are not included in savings calculations).
2022 Anne Amie Vineyards Müller-Thurgau - $55 = 33.33%
My Casemates purchase history says I bought a mixed case from Anne Amie back in June 2018. It included 6 Müller-Thurgau. I’ve slept several times since then
, so I don’t remember anything about it…plus 2018 was early in my wine journey of trying wines outside of the grocery store wines. So here we go with a case of this one…we love spicy Asian food, so we should have many good pairing opportunities.
/giphy victorian-nice-yuletide
/giphy starlit-magnificent-fir
Loved the Müller-Thurgau from past offers, would like to see some Amrita again too @Winedavid49. Cellar Tracker says I’ve consumed 105 bottles of Anne Amie wines, all purchased here!
I definitely have more wine than I have storage, but this sounds pretty good and I don’t have many bottles of white. So, I went with a FOMO purchase of 4 bottles.
/giphy meaningful-starlit-frankincense
/giphy eager-fondest-trail
Made a lot of Muller Thurgau 45 years ago while serving my apprenticeship in Germany. The specs look good and lab rat reports are good. I like this Halb Trocken style. I’m in.
Cheers,
Scott
Well, if Scott’s in, I’m in. And I liked the reports. Hoping for a lovely SH offer soon! Chistmas cheers to all!
We are overstocked, but based on our prior wines from the winery and comments above, definitely in for a case.
/giphy amazing-green-camel