2023 The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Gris, Dundee Hills, Oregon

(93 Points) A world-class ‘Estate’ Gris, this 2023 edition offers serious texture and richness, with an oily mouthfeel once on the approach. Meyer lemon, cantaloupe and shades of baking spices all combine with bright starfruit and marzipan notes on the palate. Dense and approachable now, this has both the weight and structure to cellar well for another ten years. - Owen Bargreen

Certified organic. The oldest vines in the Willamette Valley are also among the last surviving vines of the Draper selection, a French import from the 1930s now extinct outside of our region. Picked by hand, the grapes were pressed in a combination of antique basket press and Champagne cycle press. Juice was run to neutral French oak barrels on the lees for 11 months without stirring, and bottled with a light filtration. “The Chardonnay estate is a barrel selection. Since each barrel ferments with its own yeast and ages at its own rate, each barrel becomes very distinct.