Civic Winery Amphora Pet Nat 2019, a natural sparkling wine from Oregon, USA, made using traditional amphora methods
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Amphora Pet Nat 2019

$29.95
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Tasting notes

This is a textbook méthode ancestrale pet nat — fine, natural bubbles, a light strawberry-rhubarb fruit profile, and the subtle mineral tension that comes from Johan Vineyard's marine sedimentary soils. Fermentation in Oregon-made terracotta amphora gives it a slightly rounder texture than you'd get from stainless, without adding any oak influence.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
StrawberryRhubarbWildflowersLemon Peel
Dry/Sweet:Dry
Wine Type:Sparkling Wine
Wine Style:Sparkling
Grapes:Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
Farming:Organic and Biodynamic
Vintage:2019
Alcohol:12%
Country:USA
Region:Willamette Valley
Appellation:Van Duzer Corridor AVA
Bottle Size:750ml
Sugar Level:Zero Added Sugar
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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'd like to receive a refund for a package that was returned to us after FedEx made three delivery attempts, we can do that but we must keep a $20 refund fee; FedEx charges us a lot of money for returns, unfortunately, I can't stress this enough.

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Canceling an Order

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Heat/Frost damage

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Returns Policy

If you are not satisfied with your purchase, please contact us at (424) 414-2040 or via e-mail at hello@primalwine.com between 9 am and 5 pm Pacific Standard Time, Monday through Sunday, we would like to understand and try to solve your concerns. We can offer refunds only as store credit.

Producer profile

Civic Winery

Civic Winery was founded by Craig Weicker and produced its first vintage in 2018. The winery is housed in a 10,000-square-foot building at 50 East 11th Avenue in downtown Eugene, Oregon, originally constructed in 1937 using materials sourced from the same supplier as Eugene's historic Civic Stadium — the origin of the winery's name. Weicker came to winemaking from careers in the coffee industry and affordable housing development, and built Civic as a multi-use space that also includes a natural wine bar, bottle shop, and the Lion and Owl restaurant.

Civic sources fruit exclusively from vineyards farmed with organic practices at minimum, with no use of synthetic herbicides including glyphosate. For the Amphora Pet Nat, grapes come from Johan Vineyard, a Demeter-certified biodynamic estate in the Van Duzer Corridor. The winery ferments and ages its wines almost exclusively in terracotta amphora made by Andrew Beckham's Novum Ceramics, the first commercial producer of terra cotta amphorae for winemaking in North America, operating out of the Chehalem Mountains southwest of Portland.

Winemaking at Civic follows a zero-zero approach: native spontaneous yeast fermentation, no fining, no filtration, and no added sulfites. The Pet Nat is made via méthode ancestrale — fermentation begins in amphora, and the wine is bottled under crown cap before fermentation finishes, completing its carbonation in the bottle. It is not disgorged, leaving the wine with its natural yeast sediment and characteristic slight haze.

Wine region

Willamette Valley, USA

The Van Duzer Corridor AVA was formally established in January 2019 as a sub-appellation of the Willamette Valley, encompassing approximately 59,871 acres in Polk County with nearly 1,000 acres under vine. The region takes its name from a natural gap in Oregon's Coast Range that channels afternoon Pacific marine winds at speeds 40–50% stronger than surrounding Willamette Valley AVAs. This daily cooling effect, which typically sets in around 2 PM, extends the growing season, thickens grape skins, elevates phenolics, and keeps natural acidity high — conditions that favor Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

Soils in the Van Duzer Corridor are predominantly uplifted marine sedimentary loams and silts over shallow siltstone bedrock, which distinguishes the region from the iron-rich volcanic soils of the neighboring Eola-Amity Hills to the east. The high silt and clay content buffers soil pH and supports a diverse soil microbiome. Wines from the corridor tend toward pronounced minerality, bright acidity, and red fruit character. Johan Vineyards, founded in 2005 and Demeter-certified biodynamic since 2010, was one of the principal advocates for the AVA's establishment.

Frequently asked question

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.

See here our shipping policy.

Signature on delivery is mandatory for wine deliveries. Please make sure someone is at the shipping address to sign for the package.

If applicable, please consider delivering the package to a business address to ensure someone is available to sign for the package.

We also have the option of delivering the package to a Carrier's store for pickup. Please reach out to us to coordinate.

Carrier will try to delivery a package up to three times before returning the package to us.

See here our shipping policy.

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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