The Endangered Red Wine
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted duck, grilled lamb chops, creamy mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by winemaker Ryan Crane, 'The Endangered' Red Wine is a heartfelt homage to the near-extinct Whooping Crane, whose distinctive 'kerloo' call gave the winery its name. This bottling represents Kerloo Cellars' dedication to low-intervention winemaking and environmental consciousness. Sourced from select, high-elevation vineyards across Washington's Columbia Valley, this Rhône-style blend is fermented using native yeasts and aged in neutral French oak. The goal is to preserve the raw, energetic fruit profile and the distinct stony minerality of the region's volcanic soils, resulting in a wine that is both wild and remarkably elegant.
🍾 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.