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DukeRiley
McMinnville, OR
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2000
 | | 05/03/2008 2:41 PM |
| - 2006 Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Gris Willamette Valley - USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley (5/3/2008)
Very
pale, clear gold color. Aromas of melon and green apple. On the palate,
concentrated green apple and melon flavors, along with some nice
grapefruit notes in the mid-palate and finish. Excellent structure,
good body, very nice finish. This is the best Oregon Pinot Gris I've
had in several years. (90 pts.)
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| jason
Napa Valley
Wine Addict
Posts:6886
| | 05/03/2008 9:54 PM |
| | I had this Monday in a deductive tasting. It was nice, but the alcohol and oak were both a little elevated for my tastes. Definitely some nice complexity though for OR PG. | | | |
| Seamus Campbell
Portland, Oregon
Grape Fermenter
Posts:401
| | 05/05/2008 12:52 PM |
| | Interesting. Eyrie is not big on using new oak. They use barrels until they fall apart. | | | |
| jason
Napa Valley
Wine Addict
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| | 05/05/2008 3:36 PM |
| | That is what the guy who brought the wine directly from Eyrie had said as well. It sure had the smell and taste of oak though, which all 5 people tasting it concurred about. | | | |
| DukeRiley
McMinnville, OR
Barrel Sampler
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| | 05/07/2008 10:46 AM |
| Jason, I will ask today, but I don't think that their Pinot Gris sees any oak.
Seamus, you are correct. In fact they put their best grapes into the oldest barrels - some of which were purchased in the 70s. Jason Lett has a second label - Black Cap that uses any new barrels and then they're passed on to Eyrie. Perhaps they use some for the PG as well. I'll report back...
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| DukeRiley
McMinnville, OR
Barrel Sampler
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| | 05/07/2008 7:16 PM |
| I checked with the winery and got the scoop on this wine.
The grapes are pressed using an old fashioned screw-press into stainless tanks. The must sits on the gross lees overnight, and first thing in the morning the must is racked off the gross lees into another stainless tank. The wine ferments and goes through malo in that stainless tank, and is left to sit on the fine lees until it is bottled without filtration or cold-stabilization. The wine never sees oak. I think the oak character must come from the relatively rough treatment from the screw-press (seed tannins, etc) and the time spent sitting on the gross lees. | |
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| DukeRiley
McMinnville, OR
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2000
| | 05/22/2008 10:36 AM |
| It was nice, but the alcohol and oak were both a little elevated for my tastes.
My daughter, just back from working harvest in N.Z., said the same thing when we tried the wine last night.
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