Eyrie, "The Eyrie", Willamette Valley 2022

In the winter of 1965, after earning a degree in viticulture and enology from UC/Davis, and having spent time researching the vine in Europe, 25-year old David Lett moved to Oregon “with 3,000 grape cuttings and a theory”. He planted the cuttings in a rented nursery plot, and went looking for the perfect vineyard site. It was the first planting of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and related varieties in the Willamette Valley, and the first Pinot Gris in America

The Original Vines vineyard contains the first plantings of Pinot Noir in Oregon and is 17.4 acres. Planted between 1966-1974 with Wadenswil and Pommard at an elevation of 260-410 feet. The vines for the Original Vines Pinot Noir are ungrafted pre-Phylloxera plantings.