Statera Flight
Browse through one of our favorite producers from California, Statera Cellars!
Statera Cellars is owned and operated by two friends, Meredith Bell and Luke Wylde. Since 2014, it has been our mission to make delicious, honest Chardonnay from the most distinct vineyards in our region. We are one of the only wineries in the Willamette Valley to exclusively make Chardonnay—we love the grape and want to showcase its potential and diversity in the Pacific Northwest. Our wines are made using natural and traditional winemaking practices, resulting in wines that are compelling and markedly alive.
We work with farmers who are true stewards of the land, who see the vineyard as part of an ecosystem, and do their best to grow grapes in a way that respects and celebrates diversity. We genuinely believe that these farmers get most of the credit for the quality of our wine.
Lares Aligote
This is the first fruit off of the organically farmed Abbey Road Farm vineyard located in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA; planted in 2019. Direct pressed and neutral barrel fermented with wild yeasts, the wine also natively went through malo in barrel. The whole process was pretty simple and the wine just took care of itself. Jewel toned and floral, the wine is light on the pallet with pleasant acidity to keep it bright on the pallet.
Bottle: $33 | Glass: $14
Imber
Imber is our only blended still chardonnay. In 2020, it's a blend of 4 vineyards: Stafford Vineyard in the Willamette Valley, Tuckaway Vineyard in Elkton, Johan Vineyard in the Van Duzer Corridor, and Royer Vineyard in the Eola-Amity Hills. Fermented and aged in neutral french oak for 16 months, this is a layered, saline chardonnay.
Bottle: $31 | Glass: $14
Cutis
Cutis is our skin contact chardonnay. Sourced from the organically farmed Royer vineyard in the Eola-Amity Hills, the wine fermented whole berry for 2 weeks, and was then aged in neutral french barrels for 16 months. . Due to the fires in 2020, it does have some smoke characteristics, but is still a balanced, delicious, high tension wine.
Bottle: $41 | Glass: $18
Lares Babel
70% Pinot Noir, 20% Pinot Gris, 10% Riesling
All from the Elkton AVA, organic transitioning, Gillirose Vineyard fruit was picked on the same morning and destemmed together into a 2.5 ton stainless fermenter to be co-fermented as a chillable red wine. The covered fermenter was left outside with no temperature control to take advantage of the diurnal swings in ambient temperature. Initially peculiar on the nose, as the aromatics of the white fruit in the blend do not match the appearance of the red wine. "Babel" is named after the great scattering of languages from the biblical story of the eponymous tower.
Bottle: $33 | Glass: $14