Ovum Big Salt White

Big Salt is a white wine that embodies a day at the beach. It's bright, fresh, dry with a nice salinity. Once it's done you're left wanting more. This vintage of Big Salt is reminiscent of past vintages (2017 and 2019), meaning it is very dry, and very aromatic. Notes of grapefruit, jasmine and freshly squeezed meyer lemon dominate the nose. The palate is racy and fun, and continues to have it's classic, salty finish.

Organic.

Oregon: Riesling (50%), Gewurtztraminer (14%), Early Muscat (3%), Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Blanc 2021. 

ABV: 12.9%, 750 mL

Established in 2011 by Ksenija and John House, Ovum was founded in hopes of producing Oregon white wines that are honest reflections of time and place.  Their low intervention production method is a commitment to letting the vintage and vineyard shine, not the vintner.  Fruit comes first - the top priority is finding farmers that share our beliefs, and then getting out of the way so their hard work can be tasted.

Native ferments, no subtractions or additions, except for SO2 - extended lees contact 8-9 months, for textural complexity. All of this is done in neutral barrels of acacia and oak, as well as cement egg and Austrian cask.  Ovum is solely committed to the production of white wines, mainly Riesling, Gewurztraminer, and Muscat.

At Ovum, each wine is produced the same way - if the wine smells and tastes different, it has everything to do with terroir, and little to do with the winemaker.  The hope is that through attention to detail and honest technique, they can produce old fashioned wines in the modern world.