Limited Addition Pinot Gris Old Vine Skin Fermented Eola-Amity Hills 2021 750 ML

It may come as a surprise, to some, that Pinot gris is a mutation of Pinot noir and has relatively deep blue and rose pigmented skins. It is a wildly spiced grape that holds so much of its spice and exotic flavors in its skins that we felt compelled in 2021 to work with this variety they way we work with Pinot noir, a full fermentation on its skins to alcoholic dryness.
I can’t say that I will every return to treating this variety like a white grape, it feels like an injustice, especially to these majestic old vines that produce compact deeply hued clusters. This is the Eyrie selection of Pinot gris and, it is undoubtedly unique in its flavor expressions, both exotic in its savory fruits of persimmon, car acara orange, and salted mango and spiced with cumin and sumac. It is neither a red wine nor what I would typically call an orange wine (white grape skin ferments) but utterly its own unique self and completely captivating.