2016 The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Noir 'South Block Reserve', Dundee Hills Oregon Le Puy polished tannins take hold and

polished tannins take hold and are framed with incredible acidity

total desteaming and natural

While Jo Landron appreciates the wine

This is a somewhat obscure vinification technique referred to in France as “flottaison” (flotation) or “trempouiller” (to dip

2016 The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Noir 'South Block Reserve', Dundee Hills Oregon Le Puy polished tannins take hold andAfter a 5 year hiatus, winemaker Jason Lett released a Pinot noir from Eyries most storied patch of ground the South Block in 2013. This year he is once again capturing the magic of this part of the vineyard. Planted in 1968, the South Block occupies a small corner of the first vines planted at Eyrie a mere 10 rows of Pinot noir. As Jasons father, Eyrie founder David Lett discovered, these ten rows came to express a magical spot on Oregons Dundee