Nestled amongst towering cedar, spruce, and fir trees, Ott & Hunter craft small quantities of exceptional blends and single varietal, vineyard designate wines. Since our first commercial vintage in 2007, we work with Washington’s most experienced growers and several unique sites within the Rattlesnake Hills, Yakima Valley, Red Mountain, Walla Walla Valley, and the Royal Slope American Viticulture Areas. Many of our partnerships are with Certified Organic, Sustainable WA, and Salmon Safe Vineyards.
We use traditional French and artisan techniques: cold soaks, co-fermentation at crush, varying amounts of whole cluster fermentations, hand punch downs, stem inclusion, extended maceration, and sur lie aging & battonage in a mixture of neutral and once-used French oak barriques and puncheons.
We handle our wines very lightly during barrel aging, racking only after primary fermentation and prior to bottling. We favor low oxygen exposure and minimal sulfite additions to help preserve the wines’ structure and ability to age.
