Boushey Vineyard Mourvedre
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3–10 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted lamb, grilled wild game, wild mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
The Boushey Vineyard, nestled in the cooler, high-elevation slopes of Washington's Yakima Valley, is legendary among Pacific Northwest winemakers. Managed by the iconic grower Dick Boushey, this site is renowned for yielding Rhône varietals of incredible depth and complexity. Kerloo Cellars harnesses this exceptional fruit to craft a Mourvèdre that champions low-intervention winemaking. Fermented with native yeasts and aged primarily in neutral French oak, this wine is a pure expression of its terroir. It beautifully balances the wild, savory, and rustic character of the Mourvèdre grape—marked by notes of dark berries, cured meats, and white pepper—with the bright acidity and mineral tension characteristic of Boushey's unique silt loam soils.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 2007 by winemaker Ryan Crane, Kerloo Cellars takes its name from the echoing call of the sandhill crane, symbolizing Crane's calling to craft authentic, terroir-driven Washington State wines. After studying viticulture and enology in Walla Walla and honing his cellar craft at Forgeron Cellars and Va Piano Vineyards, Crane built Kerloo around meticulous fruit sourcing from esteemed, sustainably farmed vineyard sites spanning the Walla Walla Valley, Yakima Valley, and Columbia Gorge. His cellaring philosophy prioritizes minimal intervention, foot-treading, native fermentations, neutral oak, and concrete maturation to highlight purity of site and varietal transparency. Kerloo built a devoted following for its cool-climate Rhone-style expressions and vibrant single-vineyard bottlings, including Celilo Vineyard Chardonnay, Boushey Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc, and single-site Grenache, Syrah, and Grenache Rosé from benchmark crus like Upland and Painted Hills.
🍇 Grapes
Mourvèdre