Buona Notte Chiassoso 2020 Pinot Grigio from Oregon, USA, showcasing natural wine craftsmanship
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Buona Notte Wines Chiassoso Pinot Grigio 2020

$30.00
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Tasting notes

Six to eight days of skin contact on Pinot Grigio's naturally pink-grey skins gives this wine a copper hue, a grippy tea-like tannic edge, and high acidity that cuts through fatty, umami-rich foods. At 1,500 feet on Underwood Mountain in the foothills of Mt. Adams, the fruit retains a savory herbal character that is far more interesting than anything in the conventional Pinot Grigio category.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
Black TeaBlood OrangeHayGinger
Dry/Sweet:Dry
Wine Type:Orange Wine
Wine Style:Medium Body
Grapes:Pinot Grigio
Farming:Organic
Vintage:2020
Alcohol:N/A
Country:USA
Region:Columbia Gorge
Appellation:Columbia Gorge AVA
Bottle Size:750ml
Sugar Level:Zero Added Sugar
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East Coast: 5 business days

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Producer profile

Buona Notte Wines

Buona Notte Wines is operated by winemaker Graham Markel out of Cascade Locks in the Columbia Gorge. The project began around 2016 when Graham's father Jeffrey Markel provided the initial capital to purchase fruit. Graham spent seven years training under Maggie Harrison at Antica Terra winery in Oregon's Willamette Valley and working with Master Sommelier Nate Ready at Hiyu Wine Farm in Hood River, where he developed his focus on low-intervention winemaking and Italian varietals grown in the Gorge. His mother, Peggy Markel, runs a culinary school in Tuscany, giving Graham a deep connection to Italian food and wine culture that shapes his varietal choices and food-pairing philosophy.

Buona Notte contracts approximately 20 acres of organically or naturally farmed vines from growers across the Columbia Gorge. The winery focuses on Italian varietals including Pinot Grigio, Sangiovese, and Syrah, which Graham found to thrive in the volcanic soils and sunny climate of the Gorge in a way that mirrors conditions in parts of Italy. Winemaking and bottling operations are shared with Son of Man Cider and have been since 2018.

Wines are made with no additives beyond a small amount of sulfur and are unfined and unfiltered. Buona Notte uses sustainable packaging: labels printed on 50% post-consumer waste and 50% hemp paper, bottles sourced from recycled glass, and corks sealed with beeswax from local hives. The Chiassoso Pinot Grigio is a Ramato-style wine made with six to eight days of skin maceration on organically farmed Pinot Grigio from the Cliffs of Underwood at approximately 1,500 feet elevation.

Wine region

Columbia Gorge, USA

The Columbia Gorge AVA straddles the Oregon-Washington border along a 40-mile stretch where the Columbia River cuts through the Cascade Range at its only sea-level passage. Designated in 2004, the appellation spans approximately 191,000 acres, with about 950 acres under vine. Rainfall decreases by roughly one inch per mile from west to east, ranging from 36 inches on the western end near Hood River to as little as 10 inches near the eastern boundary at Lyle, Washington. This dramatic gradient produces entirely different growing conditions within the same AVA: cooler, maritime-influenced western vineyards favor Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Riesling, and Gewurztraminer, while the warmer, drier eastern end supports Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Zinfandel.

Underwood Mountain, on the Washington side of the Columbia River, rises quickly from the riverbank to elevations between 800 and 1,800 feet. Vineyard soils there are a volcanic sandy clay loam called the Underwood Series, formed through millennia of loess deposits and the slow degradation of the long-extinct Underwood Mountain volcano, with basalt boulders beneath the surface. These well-draining volcanic soils, combined with the sub-alpine climate and near-constant Gorge winds, create conditions that favor aromatic white grapes with high natural acidity. The Columbia Gorge AVA is one of only three AVAs in the country that cross state lines. The western Gorge sits in the rain shadow of Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams, which moderates summer heat and preserves acidity in the grapes.

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.

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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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