Eyrie Estate Pinot Noir 2022

This is your get-to-know-Eyrie Eyrie Pinot Noir. Lovely aromas of raspberry patch and fresh roses, this moves to silky wild strawberry with gentle accents of classic Willamette Valley earth and spices (as they say, if you know you know). A blend that encompasses the whole range of Eyrie's vineyards, it showcases the Eyrie style of lacy, silky Pinot Noir. Utterly delicious now. It’s no exaggeration to say that we’d need the space of a dozen newsletters to cover meaningfully the impact and importance of The Eyrie Vineyards to Oregon wine. Just as Steven Spurrier’s 1976 tastings brought international legitimacy to California Cabernet and Chardonnay, Spurrier’s tasting in Paris (1979) and Beaune (1980) brought international attention to Oregon as the New World home of Pinot noir. Eyrie’s 1975 Pinot noir outshone several top Burgundy’s and became a wine of legend. Founders David and Diana Lett established their winery in 1966, naming it for the red-tailed hawks that made their nest (EYE-ree