The Winery Lingua Franca of Ribbon Ridge of Oregon | Winedexer

Winery Lingua Franca
The winery offers 23 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is ranked in the top 2 of the estates of Oregon.
It is located in Ribbon Ridge in the region of Oregon
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The Winery Lingua Franca is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 23 wines for sale in of Ribbon Ridge to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the United States, nestled in the fertile belly of Oregon's Ribbon Ridge valley, lies a hidden treasure: Domaine Lingua Franca. This vineyard stretches across a magnificent plot of verdant lands, where rows of vines align in perfect harmony with the surrounding nature. It is bathed in a moderately oceanic climate, with a soil rich in marine basalt and dense clay, providing beautiful conditions for vine cultivation. The name Lingua Franca translates to "frank language" or "common language", reflecting the estate's commitment to establishing honest and transparent communication with its customers about its winemaking practices. This is a small production and selective distribution, offering high-quality wines to genuine wine connoisseurs. Domaine Lingua Franca is renowned for its production of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, which are cultivated with great attention to sustainability and environmental protection. The wines are crafted with the assistance of environmentally respectful viticulture techniques, including biodynamic farming, which allows for balanced and flavorful wines that faithfully reflect the terroir of the region. What sets Domaine Lingua Franca apart is the close collaboration between the winemaker, the cellar master, and the vineyard team. Each plays a crucial role in the production of each bottle of wine. Grape clusters are carefully hand-selected, sorted, crushed, and fermented with indigenous yeasts to maintain the integrity of the fruit. Domaine Lingua Franca is also known for its hospitality.

Top Winery Lingua Franca wines

Looking for the best Winery Lingua Franca wines in Ribbon Ridge among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Lingua Franca wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Lingua Franca wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Lingua Franca

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Lingua Franca

How Winery Lingua Franca wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of special' tagliatelle carbonara, tuna and cream cheese pie or nanie's diced ham quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Lingua Franca

On the nose the white wine of Winery Lingua Franca. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cream or oaky and sometimes also flavors of tropical, citrus or apples. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Lingua Franca. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Lingua Franca

  • 2016With an average score of 4.16/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.96/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Lingua Franca.

  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Ribbon Ridge

Smallest AVA in Oregon (3,500 acres, AVA 2005) as sub-zone of the Willamette Valley: ultra-dominant Pinot Noir (90% of vines) — aromatic reds with exceptional structure, balance and depth of red and black fruits (black cherry, rose) on vivid acidity, underlying saline minerality. Isolated ridge at 683 ft above Chehalem Valley, fine and uniform Willakenzie sedimentary soils. Profile recognizable in blind tastings.

The top red wines of Winery Lingua Franca

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Lingua Franca

How Winery Lingua Franca wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew with white wine, veal shoulder with cream and tarragon or wild boar stew (without marinade or wine).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Lingua Franca

On the nose the red wine of Winery Lingua Franca. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red fruit or jam and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Lingua Franca. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Lingua Franca

  • 2015With an average score of 4.27/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.21/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.21/5
  • 2022With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2021With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Lingua Franca.

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

The top pink wines of Winery Lingua Franca

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Lingua Franca

How Winery Lingua Franca wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of escargots à la bordelaise, pizza calzone with ham and mushrooms or rabbit in foil.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Lingua Franca

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Lingua Franca. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Lingua Franca

  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Lingua Franca.

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Vent (taste of)

A defect that characterizes a wine exposed to the air, and which has lost its aromatic qualities.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Lingua Franca

Planning a wine route in the of Ribbon Ridge? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Lingua Franca.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.

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