WILLAMETTE VALLEY - PINOT NOIR

A blend of Pinot noir barrels sourced from all the vineyards we work with across a few of the Willamette Valley sub-AVAs, with vine age ranging from 20 to 50 years. Aged in predominantly neutral oak barrels, the point is to let the fruit shine. You will find classical Oregon Pinot noir characteristics of bramble fruit (think raspberries and blackberries), smoky leather, wet rocks, and mushroomy earthiness.

About Us

We met in a knife fight (just kidding, it was a Whole Foods), but that story is for another time.

Fossil & Fawn is the wine project of business-and-life partners Jenny Mosbacher and Jim Fischer. What started out as 50 cases of experimental Pinot noir in the autumn of 2011, is now a production of about 5000 cases across eight core wines with grapes sourced from throughout the Willamette Valley. Although the scope has evolved significantly, the spirit of the original goal remains the same: to make vineyard-forward wines that honor the land and history of the place while remaining open to experimentation and fun.

In short, our motto is Get Weird, Suck Less

We practice this ethos through our commitment to sourcing from sustainably-managed farmer-owned smallholdings— including our family vineyard sited in the Eola Hills. Because step one is to get good grapes. The much-harder next step is to not fuck them up.
We endeavor to take a light touch in the cellar, emphasizing natural yeast fermentation, limited use of new wood (except for locally-sourced Oregon Oak barrels), judicious use of sulfur, and the occasional gentle filtration. But this is a framework, not a dogma. 

One time, a customer told us that Fossil & Fawn was the only wine she could bring to family dinner, because it was one that both she and her parents would both enjoy. It’s as good of an endorsement as we could hope for.

In short, we make Odd & Yummy wines

If you need further proof, ask someone else: Fossil & Fawn has been featured in Wine Enthusiast, Vogue, SevenFifty Daily, Punch, Sunset, and Portland Monthly, among other publications. If you want to taste for yourself, you can find Fossil & Fawn in specialty retail and fine restaurants across 25 domestic and international markets.

https://www.fossilandfawn.com/about