The wine region of Umpqua Valley is located in the region of Southern Oregon of Oregon of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Brandborg or the Domaine Abacela produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Umpqua Valley are Pinot noir, Tempranillo and Malbec, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Umpqua Valley often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, tree fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, non oak or oak.
In the mouth of Umpqua Valley is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 33 estates and châteaux in the of Umpqua Valley, producing 144 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Umpqua Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).
Aligoté is an ancient Burgundian grape variety (it has different names depending on the region in which it is grown: griset blanc in Beaune, giboudot blanc in the Chalonnais or troyen blanc in the Aube), mainly used in the production of Bourgogne-Aligoté, Bouzeron and Crémant-de-Bourgogne.aligoté is a medium-fine white grape variety, quite productive, which gives clear, acidic, fresh and light white wines. An anecdote often says that it was a member of the clergy named Kir who gave it its letters of nobility by adding it to blackcurrant cream to prepare an aperitif.produced on more than 1,600 hectares in Burgundy, aligoté has also been exported. It is also cultivated in Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Romania), California, Canada and Chile, representing more than 20,000 hectares in the world.
