Trousse-Chemise Cellars - Willamette Valley Chardonnay 2018

The globalization of wine is arguably most apparent with regards to winemakers themselves. If I told you that a woman, born on the island of Réunion — 450 miles east of Madagascar in the middle of the Indian Ocean — went to Bordeaux to study wine at Faculté de Bordeaux with Denis Dubourdieu, then moved to Oregon to make wine in the Willamette Valley under Laurent Montalieu (who grew up on the Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe) you might think I'm crazy. What's even more surprising is that this young woman decided to try her hand at making Cabernet Sauvignon from Washington State's Columbia Valley, a varietal and region she's never worked with. Yet, this is a true story, and it is emblematic of the wine world today. This amazing vigneronne is Anne Sery, the proprietor and winemaker behind Trousse-Chemise. And since her first attempt at making Cabernet, Anne has mastered antoher noble varietal in an outstanding terroir.