If you love Burgundy and want to taste two vineyards the traditional way, start with Privé.
Book an estate tastingTwo wineries. One winemaker.
Piper Underbrink makes both. Privé is how she makes traditional wine from two estate vineyards. Sealionne is where she tries everything else. Neither is the better wine. They answer different questions.
Side by side
| Privé | Sealionne | |
|---|---|---|
| The question | What do our two vineyards taste like, made the traditional way? | What happens when you follow great fruit wherever it leads? |
| The fruit | Estate only. The Pommard block in the Chehalem Mountains and West Wind on Ribbon Ridge. | Growers across the Willamette Valley and beyond, including Les Collines in Walla Walla. |
| In the cellar | Destemmed and raised in French oak. One method, practised every year. | Whole cluster, skin contact, clay amphora, stainless steel or oak, chosen wine by wine. |
| The wines | L’ouest, Chehalem Mountain, Le Nord, Le Sud, Joie de Vivre and Reserve Chardonnay. | Kilig, Halcyon, Lvtetia, Floyd and Tencendur, each with its own story. Plus Phoque, for every day. |
| Tasting | By appointment, up to six guests, about 90 minutes. $40 a person. | Walk in, by the glass, at your own pace. |
| Membership | The Privé Wine Club: Classé, Premier Cru and Grand Cru. | Sealionne Society and Phoque Pass. Open to join. |
The same hands, the same care.
Piper makes every wine at both. She trained as a geologist, so both start the same way: with the soil, the slope and the weather of a single site.
What changes is the method. Privé keeps one tradition and repeats it. Sealionne picks the method each vineyard calls for.
Where to start
If you’re curious what amphora or whole cluster does to a wine, start with Sealionne.
Visit SealionneWant both? Ask for the Winemaker’s Range when you book.