Maloof Wines

Maloof Nemarniki Riesling 2024

$28.00

Style: Dry to off-dry, light-bodied white; high-toned and aromatic with bracing acidity, stone fruit, and a mineral, almost petrol-tinged depth
Grapes & Terroir: 100% Riesling; Laurelwood loess and volcanic basalt soils at 800 ft elevation; dry-farmed; LIVE and Salmon-Safe certified; organically farmed; Nemarniki Vineyard, Laurelwood District, Chehalem Mountains AVA, Willamette Valley
Winemaking: Hand-harvested third week of October; whole-cluster direct press; fermented and aged in neutral 500L French oak puncheons; bottled with a touch of residual sugar; 30 ppm sulfur; no fining, no filtration
Serving temperature & decanting: Serve at 44-48°F; no decanting needed
Pairing: Spicy Thai green curry
Similar to: Dry Alsatian Riesling, off-dry Mosel Kabinett, Clare Valley Riesling

Maloof Nemarniki Riesling 2024 is a dry-to-off-dry white wine made by Ross and Bee Maloof from 100% hand-harvested Riesling grown at Nemarniki Vineyard, a 6-acre LIVE and Salmon-Safe certified site in the Laurelwood District of the Chehalem Mountains AVA in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Farmed organically and dry-farmed by Diane Nemarnik at 800 ft elevation on Laurelwood loess and volcanic basalt soils, the fruit is whole-cluster direct-pressed on arrival at the winery and fermented and aged in neutral 500-liter French oak puncheons. Maloof Nemarniki Riesling 2024 is bottled with a touch of residual sugar and 30 ppm sulfur, unfined and unfiltered.

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Maloof Nemarniki Riesling 2024

$28.00

Producer profile

Maloof Wines

Maloof Wines is a natural wine project run by Ross and Bee Maloof. Their estate vineyard and winery is just outside Forest Grove, Oregon, on the western edge of the Willamette Valley. The two come from markedly different professional backgrounds.

Ross spent over a decade in the Philadelphia restaurant industry, working primarily in beverage-focused front-of-house roles at notable establishments, including Vedge Restaurant Group, before visiting Oregon friends and accidentally ending up working a harvest in the Willamette Valley. That experience changed his professional direction entirely. Bee, by contrast, spent close to a decade as a materials science engineer in the aerospace industry before turning her analytical rigor toward winemaking during the 2016 harvest season. Ross had already produced his first vintage in 2015. After the 2016 harvest, both returned briefly to Philadelphia but relocated permanently to Oregon in 2017.

Maloof Wines has been certified organic since 2020 and is focused on Pinot Gris, Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Ribolla Gialla, and other aromatic grapes that are underrepresented in the broader Oregon wine landscape. The winemaking is minimal: native yeast fermentation, neutral oak, no fining, no filtration, and low or no sulfur depending on the cuvée. Where ya PJs at? is one of the label's most distinctive wines, blending the textural register of skin-contact Pinot Gris with the high-acid precision of barrel-fermented Riesling.

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Wine region

Willamette Valley, United States

The Chehalem Mountains AVA is one of six sub-appellations within the Willamette Valley in northwestern Oregon, encompassing a volcanic ridge that runs roughly east to west across Washington County and Yamhill County, located between Portland to the east and the northern Willamette Valley wine country to the south. Established as an AVA in 2006, the Chehalem Mountains cover approximately 67,000 acres, with around 1,500 acres under vine planted across varying elevations from valley floor sites up to ridge-top vineyards at over 1,000 ft.

Soils in the Chehalem Mountains are notably diverse, falling into three distinct types that often determine which varieties are planted where. Jory, a deep iron-rich volcanic soil derived from ancient basalt flows, dominates the higher elevations and is associated with firm structure and dark fruit character in reds and tight acidity in whites. Willakenzie, a shallower sedimentary soil formed from marine sediments, appears on mid-slope positions and produces wines with a softer, more approachable texture. Laurelwood, the soil type at Nemarniki Vineyard, is a wind-deposited loess over volcanic basalt found primarily in the Laurelwood District within the Chehalem Mountains, at elevations between roughly 600 and 1,000 ft. It is exceptionally well-drained, warming quickly in spring and summer and producing vines with high natural acidity and distinctive mineral character.

In 2021 the Laurelwood District was recognized as Oregon's first official nested AVA within a sub-appellation, sitting inside the Chehalem Mountains AVA. The district covers approximately 2,000 acres and is defined specifically by the presence of Laurelwood series soils. The climate across the Chehalem Mountains is cool and maritime, influenced by gaps in the Coast Range that allow Pacific air to flow into the valley, with the higher elevation sites experiencing more wind, more diurnal temperature shift, and later harvest dates than valley floor vineyards. These conditions are well suited to aromatic white varieties, including Riesling, which retains its characteristic acidity and develops complex aromatic profiles over a long, gradual growing season.

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We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

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If you miss a delivery and a package gets returned to us we have two options:

1) Reship the package right away: due to the very high cost of shipping and returns, we must charge a re-shipping fee to be determined based on package size and shipping destination.

2) Consolidate the returned package with your next order: this option is free of charge and it's the most popular option.

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