St.Reginald Parish Fais Do-Do, Sauvignon Blanc/Chardonnay

Andrew Reginald Young left behind a career as a New Orleans rock drummer in 2012 to make low-intervention wines from cooler climate vineyard sites in the Willamette Valley. He works with a lot of carbonic maceration to keep the wines light, all fermented with native yeasts and minimal intervention in the winery. The name of the winery is an amalgamation on his middle name, Reginald, and his neighborhood growing up in New Orleans, St Tammany Parish.

This ‘Fais Do-Do’: A lovely little double entendre that’s used for both porch dance parties in South Louisiana, as well as rocking babies to sleep during said dance parties (dormir shorted down to do-do). It might also mean “dos à dos” depending on who you ask. Either way, this little sleeping giant was the only St. Reginald Parish wine produced in 2020, and is a personal all time favorite.

Fruit: Hidden site in the Tualatin Hills AVA. 50% Sauvignon Blanc fermented in new oak and 50% Chardonnay fermented in 1/3 new oak and 2/3 neutral oak.

Winemaking: Direct Press (whole cluster). No SO2 at crush. Fermentation via ambient yeasts on full lees. Racked to stainless for bottling after 11 months in barrel. Small SO2 addition added one month prior to bottling.