CARLTON, Ore. — In 2013, two representatives of Maison Louis Jadot, a well-established winemaker in the Burgundy region of France, came to Oregon looking for a vineyard. They were taken by a particular property near Carlton.

After tasting wine made from the grapes, they decided the vineyard was “perfect,” according to the winery’s website. They built a winery to take advantage of the vineyard’s grapes. Resonance Winery now farms 140 acres of Pinot noir and Chardonnay grapes in the fertile Willamette Valley, and more acres that will never be planted.

“Those acres will keep the balance of the property,” said winemaker Guillaume Large, himself a native of Burgundy. “Open fields, native oak trees and wild spaces are an important part of the balanced ecosystem at Resonance.

“Oregon is the perfect transition from Burgundy. The longitude is exactly the same, and like Burgundy, the Willamette Valley is populated with small towns, has incredible gastronomy, and is full of friendly people,” Guillaume said on the winery’s website.

Dry farming and deep roots are the keys to producing high-quality wines, Large said.

“We had a huge amount of water between the winter and the spring that locked moisture into the ground to sustain growth during the growing season when conditions tend to be dry,” he said. “The deep roots do not suffer because they have access to the water.”

Keeping the focus on the farming is key to making wine that expresses the unique terroir of the Willamette Valley, he said.

The good news for Resonance is more people in Willamette Valley are drinking wine than in past years.

“We see more and more visitors and more young people, on their wine journeys, drinking wine,” Large said. “I hear more and more people expressing that they want to learn about the Willamette Valley. It’s exciting to imagine the growth our region has seen since its beginnings a little over 50 years ago.”

In addition to the vineyards, Resonance has built a tasting room to experience the wines. Built using reclaimed barnwood, the tasting room is in harmony with the natural environment, where guests can experience the unique terroir of Resonance.

Resonance now has two tasting rooms: the Carlton Grand Tasting Room in Carlton and the Dundee Hills Tasting Salon in Dayton.