Configuration: (6 x 750mL)

Winery: Troon Vineyard

Appellation: Troon Estate Vineyard, Rogue Valley, Applegate Valley AVA, Oregon

Philosophy/Practices: ROC-Certified Regenerative Organic

Grape Variety: 70% vermentino, 25% viognier, 5% roussanne

ABV: 12.5%

Spiced stone fruit, golden fruits & flowers, fresh hay, tons of crushed rock mineral.

Why we love it: Only the second Certified Regenerative winery in the world, Troon takes a holistic approach to varieties that are quite unique to Oregon. Think syrah, grenache, roussanne, vermentino, viognier… And the decision to grow more esoteric grapes isn’t a coincidence: after many years of research and experimental planting, the Troon team concluded that these grape varieties grow most naturally in this arid, mountainous region.

By choosing grapes that are better-suited to the climate, the Troon team greatly reduce the amount of intervention required through the growing and winemaking process; the work that’s left is the proactive, holistic farming that simply helps the vines and the rest of the farm to thrive.

From white grape varieties (made like reds, with extended maceration of the juice with the skins of the grapes), Troon makes a couple of different Amber wines – and they’re some of our absolute favourites. This one has gentle tannins and fantastic, food-friendly structure, with gorgeous flavours that seem to linger endlessly. The quality of this wine just really shines through, year after year. The grapes are harvested, vinified and start to age separately in neutral oak, and are blended together after the winter.

The flower on the front of the Kubli Bench Amber label is a dandelion by Oregon artist, Janet Ekholm. Troon harvests significant quantities of dandelions from their estate, which makes Biodynamic Preparation 506. Applied to compost piles, 506 stimulates the potassium/silica bacteria in the soil to work more effectively with the growth forces of the plant.