Blue Heron Farm
Family-owned, and unusually alive
Family-owned, regeneratively farmed and sheep-mowed, Blue Heron is the emerging site in our range and the southernmost of the four. The soils are alive here in a way you can taste, and the Chardonnay exhibits ripe phenolics, tension and clarity in equal measure.
It sits in the South Salem Hills, the coolest corner of our sourcing, and contributes fifteen percent of the Willamette Valley blend.
- Growers
- Peter Dinsdale
- AVA
- South Salem Hills
- Farming
- Regenerative
- Mowing
- Sheep
- Planted
- 2019
- Elevation
- 1,000 feet
- Aspect
- Primarily south facing
- Soil
- Ritner, Witzel and Nekia
- Clones
- Multiple
- Rootstock
- TBC
- First Porcelina vintage
- 2024
Second of four, south to north
A schematic, not a survey. Four sites across three AVAs, drawn in relative position and elevation.
- Royer VineyardEola-Amity Hills
- Blue Heron FarmSouth Salem Hills
- Durant VineyardDundee Hills
- X Omni VineyardEola-Amity Hills
- Koosah VineyardEola-Amity Hills · from 2025
2024 Blue Heron Farm Chardonnay
Lithe, full and layered, Blue Heron shows bright stone fruit, key lime cream, and lemon oil intermingling with savory notes of wet minerals, yellow spices, and mixed florals.
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Every vintage is offered as futures each autumn, bottled in spring and shipped to members in fall the following year. Joining carries no obligation.