- Certified LIVE Sustainable
- 100% Pinot Noir
- Eileen Vineyard (Eola-Amity Hills AVA)
- Named after co-founder of Cristom Vineyards: Eileen Gerrie
- 545-737 ft. elevation
- Planted in 1997
- South, southeast, and eastern aspect
- Columbia River basalts including Jory, Saum, Nekia, RItner, Witzel, and Yamhill soil series
- 100% native yeast fermentation
- 51% whole cluster
- 1-3-punchdowns daily in 1.5-5 ton open-top fermenters
- Gently pressed in a pneumatic bladder press and moved to barrel by gravity
- Aged 17 months in 32% new French oak
- Unfined and unfiltered
- 816 cases produced
- 13.5% abv
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2022
Country:
United States
Region:
Oregon
Appellation:
Eola-Amity Hills
Variety:
Pinot Noir
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Practicing Biodynamic
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | US-CRI-40-22 | 6/750ml |
Press & Reviews
Decanter
Score
97
Date
2024-08-14
"Eileen is at the top of the hill, staring out towards the Coast Range. This wine is a picture of elegance, and the turbulence from the Van Duzer Corridor moves through the clusters and vines. It's satiny, with spiced aromatics, wild herbs and bright tart cranberries. The site's higher acids lift the silky mouthfeel, it comes together beautifully. Blue fruits, wild spearmint and Chinese five spice frame an elegance of red berries and pine bough freshness. The finish shows a sweetness of berries and a note of green peppercorn."
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
97
Date
2024-08-08
"A deeper and layered profile emerges in the 2022 Pinot Noir Eileen Vineyard, which comes from windswept site where the grapes get thick skins from the wind. It has a more woodsy profile, with savory saline, brothy feel, tea leaf, toasted spice, and black cherries. Drink it over the coming 15-20 years."
Vinous
Score
95
Date
2024-08-08
"The 2022 Pinot Noir Eileen Vineyard seduces with a sweetly spiced yet refined bouquet that blends cloves and cinnamon sticks with dusty rose, mint and bright cherries. Silken to the core and lifted in feel, this sweeps across the palate with grace, soothing with its juicy acidity as ripe red berry fruits slowly saturate. It's gently tannic and potent, leaving a staining of primary concentration while finishing dramatically long and classically dry. The Eileen Vineyard refined for seventeen months in 32% new French oak."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2021
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
96
Date
2023-09-17
2021
Vinous
Score
96
Date
2024-01-18
"Deeply seductive, the 2021 Pinot Noir Eileen Vineyard opens with a burst of mentholated herbs, licorice and sweet autumnal spices. Juicy and broad upon entry, this envelopes the palate with ripe red and hints of blue fruit, giving way to suggestions of cola and lavender. Its mineral core comes forward through the finish, gaining tension through a blend of fine tannins and residual acids as spice and floral notes resonate throughout. The Eileen Vineyard is refined using 46% whole clusters and 34% new French oak barrels for eighteen months."
2021
Decanter
Score
95
Date
2023-08-30
2021
James Suckling
Score
95
Date
2024-03-14
"Focused, dense, elegant and vibrant, with dominating aromas of sour cherries, cinnamon, dried herbs and mild spices. It's medium-bodied with fresh acidity. Poised, with plenty of energy all along. Agile and succulent with some white pepper character kicking in toward the long finish. Drink now or hold."
2021
Jancis Robinson
Score
16.5+
Date
2024-02-22
"Pale ruby in colour. Ripe, sticky fig and vanilla. Tactile, lightly sandy tannin and high acid. Less full, lighter on the palate than the rest of the portfolio with tension and linear acidity. Lavender, floral character to the finish. (SCJ)"
2019
James Suckling
Score
96
Date
2019
Wine Advocate
Score
96
Date
2021-12-16
"Medium ruby, the 2019 Pinot Noir Eileen Vineyard is pure, delicate and so pretty"