2015 The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Gris Original Vines

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  4/17/2024 - Biskuit Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Nice note below - this really evolved nicely with air, taking on weight and lots of floral aromatics.

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  8/25/2023 - pdxwinefan Likes this wine:

  Surprising and beautiful wine. Honey colored. Lemon, apple aromas, some floral notes. On the palate: citrus/lemon, a richness that almost comes across as a creamy/oily texture. I thought of lemon pledge but in a good way. Long finish. Has the stuff to last a while I think. Loved this.

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  2/26/2023 - oldwines Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Multiple coravin pours over several hours. This is a wine with lovely color and texture. It is dark lemon or light golden yellow color with a melange of tropical fruit and some citrus on the finish. Tart, bright acidity yet probably a small amount of residual sugar. Good minerality as well. One of my favorite Pinot Gris’s… always a surprise for those who have never had it. This is from a vineyard planted in the 1980’s and is among the oldest Pinot Gris vineyards in the “New World” and it also was vinified with no added sulfites. Purchased on release in 2017.

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  2/15/2023 - jnewman77 Likes this wine:

  This was really good; made me wish I had another bottle or two to follow. The nose was fabulous, ripe peach, baked pear, mango, honeysuckle, and mineral notes. The palate is fresher than you anticipate based on the nose with a vibrancy to the fruit and minerality alongside great depth. Really good stuff with plenty of time ahead.

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  1/17/2023 - forceberry wrote: 91 Points

  100% Pinot Gris made with fruit sourced from the "original vines" planted back in 1965 in Dundee Hills, Oregon. Fermented spontaneously in small stainless steel tanks, full MLF. Aged for 8 months on the lees, bottled unfiltered and without any SO2 in May 2016. 13,1% alcohol, 5,6 g/l acidity and pH 3,48. Total production 557 cases. Tasted blind.
  
  Medium-deep and quite concentrated yet still surprisingly youthful yellow-green color. The nose feels fragrant, characterful and even slightly sauvage with subtly lifted aromas of plantain and sweet greengage, some volatile notes of nail polish, a little bit of apple sauce, light quince marmalade tones, a hint of ripe grapey fruit and a touch of exotic fruit cocktail. The wine feels firm, balanced and a bit wild on the palate with a medium body and layered flavors of ripe Golden Delicious apple and juicy white peach, some herby spices, a little bit of greengage and grapey fruit, light lifted notes of nail polish VA, a hint of waxy funk and a slightly salty touch of mineral water. The moderately high acidity keeps the wine effortlessly in balance and lends a little bit of freshness to the overall feel. The finish is rich and juicy yet pretty dry with a layered and quite lengthy aftertaste of apple jam and pear juice, some fresh white peach, light grapey tones, a little bit of nail polish, a hint of quince marmalade and a touch of stony minerality.
  
  After the somewhat bland and generic 2016 Eyrie Pinot Gris this 2015 Original Vines version was a huge leap in character and quality. Well, not quality per se; both the wines were of high quality. This wine was just on a completely different level compared to the entry-level bottling: there is much more depth and intensity to the fruit, and even though the lack of SO2 lends a subtle yet easily noticeable natural wine character to the wine, this wine isn't particularly funky or natty in any way - it just has a bit of extra twist to the vibrant, ripe fruit. Although this wine isn't anything exceptional that would blow anyone's socks off, this is still among the best new world Pinot Gris wines I've tasted. Fine stuff. Perhaps a bit on the pricey side at 45€, but not excessively so.

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