The Parting Glass Cordon Cut Gewurztraminer
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, fruit tarts, foie gras
✨ Technical Specifications
Named after the poignant traditional Irish farewell song, Owen Roe's 'The Parting Glass' is a beautiful tribute to co-founder David O'Reilly's Irish heritage. This dessert wine is crafted using the meticulous 'cordon cut' method, where the fruiting canes of the Gew'u00fcrztraminer vines are severed late in the season while still attached to the trellis. This halts the flow of sap, causing the grapes to dehydrate and concentrate their sugars, acids, and flavors naturally on the vine. Sourced from the cool-climate slopes of the Yakima Valley in Washington, this labor-intensive technique results in a luscious, honeyed nectar that beautifully balances rich sweetness with vibrant, refreshing acidity, offering classic varietal notes of lychee, ginger, and orange peel.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1999 by David and Angelica O'Reilly, Owen Roe is named in honor of the 17th-century Irish patriot Owen Roe O'Neill. Operating across the Pacific Northwest, the winery bridges Washington’s Yakima Valley and Oregon’s Willamette Valley, celebrating cool-climate microclimates, diverse volcanic and windblown loess soils, and dry, high-sunlight ripening conditions. Following a brief period under corporate ownership, the O'Reilly family repurchased the estate in 2024 to reassert their founding independent vision. The viticultural and cellar philosophy prioritizes rigorous low-yield vineyard management, hand harvesting, small-lot fermentations, and judicious use of French oak barrel aging to preserve varietal clarity and site-specific typicity. Sourcing from benchmark terroirs such as Red Willow and DuBrul, Owen Roe produces critically acclaimed single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, and Chardonnay alongside value-driven cuvées under their Sharecropper’s and Corvidae labels, delivering structured, cellar-worthy expressions marked by vibrant acidity and deep concentration.
🍇 Grapes
Gew'u00fcrztraminer
🍷 ABV
8% - 10%