Division-Villages "L'Isle Verte" Chenin Blanc, Willamette Valley, Oregon 2025

FROM DIVISION:

THE WINE: This wine has all the classic Chenin fixings - taut electricity, plenty of orchard fruit pits, and lanolin in the right amount and length that goes on for days.

THE PRODUCER: Division Winemaking Company is a Portland, Oregon-based winery founded in 2010 by Kate Norris and Thomas Monroe. Division represents a fresh generation of curious winemaking looking beyond the status quo to create unique wines from diverse grape varieties with both intention and a story. Determined to make minimal intervention, approachable and balanced wines with great price to quality value, the winemakers work with terroir-expressive vineyards, focused on organic, regenerative and/or Biodynamic farming. Division Winemaking Company includes the flagship Division label, the quotidienne Division-Villages label, as well as Nightshade and Gamine labels – a combination of both joint and personal expressions from each winemaker.