Eyrie Vineyards Estate Chardonnay 2024 White Wine

Eyrie Vineyards Estate Chardonnay 2024 

Dundee Hills AVA, Willamette Valley, OR

750 ml

Tropical fruit like mango and peach with nice minerality, low in alcohol. - Wine Factor

94 pts. James Suckling:

"Succulent and juicy, with a medium to full body, a round mouthfeel and hints of wild honey and pine. The long finish shows pears and pine resin. Delicious and thirst-quenching. Drink or hold."

FROM THE WINERY

Vineyards: SISTERS AND THE EYRIE

Clones:

65% DRAPER SELECTION - 55 year old vines, original vineyard. This is a massale selection made by David Lett in 1964 from old vines in California. Clusters and vines show a range of shapes and berry sizes.

24% WENTE CLONE - 10 year old vines, Sisters Vineyard. Wente is related to the same 1882 importation from France that sired the Draper selection. Wente is typified by open clusters with “hens and chicks” berry sizes.

11% STERLING CLONE - 10 year old vines, Sisters Vineyard. Sterling is another heritage clone originating from a California vineyard near the site of the Draper Selection. Intensely aromatic, with compact cluster and even berry sizes.

Viticulture and vinification:

Both estate vineyard sites are 100% certified organic and picked by hand. The grapes were pressed in a combination of antique basket press and modern pneumatic press. Juice was run to neutral French oak barrels, fermented with indigenous yeasts, aged on the lees for 11 months without stirring, and bottled with a light filtration.

Vineyard Certification: Organic

Fermentation & Aging: Native yeast, French oak barrels, 5% new, full native malo, 11 months sur lie

Alcohol by volume: 13%