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Since the 2010 vintage I have been using the pre-oxidative process for my Chardonnays where after a hard press resulting in many solids, the juice rests in an open-top stainless-steel fermentation vessel with a bug screen for six to ten days. Over this time the juice turns from clear, to yellow, to dark brown. When the juice is completely oxidized, I drain the tank into 100 percent new French oak barrels where fermentation spontaneously starts over a six to eight-week period.
Making a purpose “built” wine of Pinot noir in the methodology of white wine. Grapes come in, whole cluster pressed with lots of solids and put into stainless steel barrels. Fermentation is all native without any additions other than heat to get it to go dry by the first quarter. An amazingly complex wine even though it was made quickly.
Making a purpose “built” wine of Pinot noir in the methodology of white wine. Grapes come in, whole cluster pressed with lots of solids and put into stainless steel barrels. Fermentation is all native without any additions other than heat to get it to go dry by the first quarter. An amazingly complex wine even though it was made quickly.
Open top Oak Barrel Fermentation: As above, but all within French oak. A bit smoother due to primary and secondary fermentation occurring simultaneously. Fun wine!
Making a purpose “built” wine of Pinot noir in the methodology of white wine. Grapes come in, whole cluster pressed with lots of solids and put into stainless steel barrels. Fermentation is all native without any additions other than heat to get it to go dry by the first quarter. An amazingly complex wine even though it was made quickly.
Open top Oak Barrel Fermentation: As above, but all within French oak. A bit smoother due to primary and secondary fermentation occurring simultaneously. Fun wine!
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“First and foremost my wine making is focused on the fruit that grew in the vineyard and not the other way around: made in the winery!”
- Jay McDonald
In 1991, Jay discovered and fell in love with the then relatively unknown wines of the Willamette Valley Wine Country, and relocated himself from Manhattan to the small town of Carlton, in the heart of what later became the well-known “Yamhill Carlton” AVA. In 1995 Jay purchased the historic Carlton Bank Building in downtown Carlton and opened the first and only tasting room in Carlton, featuring wines of the area. From that base he developed several wine-centric businesses including wine distribution, marketing, retail, Negociant production, and in 2003 made his first commercial wine.
Jay founded EIEIO & Co. in 1998 as a Negociant and after gaining enough experience working in several wineries, founded EIEIO & Company, Oregon Bonded Winery Number 333. His first independent vintage was during the amazingly hot 2003 vintage. Jay says “Nothing like having your feet put to the fire”!
EIEIO & COMPANY
“First and foremost my wine making is focused on the fruit that grew in the vineyard and not the other way around: made in the winery!”
- Jay McDonald
In 1991, Jay discovered and fell in love with the then relatively unknown wines of the Willamette Valley Wine Country, and relocated himself from Manhattan to the small town of Carlton, in the heart of what later became the well-known “Yamhill Carlton” AVA. In 1995 Jay purchased the historic Carlton Bank Building in downtown Carlton and opened the first and only tasting room in Carlton, featuring wines of the area. From that base he developed several wine-centric businesses including wine distribution, marketing, retail, Negociant production, and in 2003 made his first commercial wine.
EIEIO & COMPANY
“First and foremost my wine making is focused on the fruit that grew in the vineyard and not the other way around: made in the winery!”
- Jay McDonald
In 1991, Jay discovered and fell in love with the then relatively unknown wines of the Willamette Valley Wine Country, and relocated himself from Manhattan to the small town of Carlton, in the heart of what later became the well-known “Yamhill Carlton” AVA. In 1995 Jay purchased the historic Carlton Bank Building in downtown Carlton and opened the first and only tasting room in Carlton, featuring wines of the area. From that base he developed several wine-centric businesses including wine distribution, marketing, retail, Negociant production, and in 2003 made his first commercial wine.
Jay founded EIEIO & Co. in 1998 as a Negociant and after gaining enough experience working in several wineries, founded EIEIO & Company, Oregon Bonded Winery Number 333. His first independent vintage was during the amazingly hot 2003 vintage. Jay says “Nothing like having your feet put to the fire”!
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What I enjoy most about Oregon and making Pinot Noir and Chardonnay is that the fruit each year is always different and therefore I am always challenged.
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Making a purpose “built” wine of Pinot noir in the methodology of white wine. Grapes come in, whole cluster pressed with lots of solids and put into stainless steel barrels. Fermentation is all native without any additions other than heat to get it to go dry by the first quarter. An amazingly complex wine even though it was made quickly.
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Making a purpose “built” wine of Pinot noir in the methodology of white wine. Grapes come in, whole cluster pressed with lots of solids and put into stainless steel barrels. Fermentation is all native without any additions other than heat to get it to go dry by the first quarter. An amazingly complex wine even though it was made quickly.
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TESTIMONIALS
2021 CUVÉE E PINOT NOIR
"The nose is rosemary, juniper, mushroom and buttercream. The palate entry is firm, dry red fruit with a lean mineral core that fleshes out on the finish with strawberry flecked phyllo pastry. Solid even after open a couple days."
Drink 2023 - 2027.
2021 CUVÉE O PINOT NOIR
"The nose offers fine green herbal freshness; tarragon and rosemary. The palate entry is pristinely bright and direct red berry fruit with a core of ripe, juicy strawberry and wild cherry that coats the mouth finishing with warm, velvet-like spice and herbal notes. A hard wine to not just drink for pleasure."
Drink 2023 2032.
2021 MAVERICK VINEYARD PINOT NOIR
"The nose is ripe plum with notes of cedar, warm mint and herbs. The palate entry is bold, saturated density leading seamlessly to a core of polished juiciness finishing with velvet-like plum, watermelon and red cherry. Really gorgeous."
Drink 2023 2028.
2021 ONE PUNCHEON PINOT NOIR
"The nose is supple lavender, herb, cola and licorice with notes of conifer. The palate entry is densely-packed black plum, tobacco and Luxardo cherry carrying into a core of polished, bright red fruits finishing with a complex and lengthy rose petal and herb."
Drink 2023 - 2030.
2021 SAFFRON FIELDS VINEYARD PINOT NOIR
"The nose is briary crisp with notes of dewy citrus and pomegranate. The palate entry is lean, fresh watermelon and crunchy red berry leading to a sleek core of finely-tuned stony nectarine finishing with impeccably-balanced cool acidity."
Drink 2023 2030.
2021 SAFFRON FIELDS VINEYARD PINOT NOIR - WHOLE CLUSTER
"The nose is soaked cherry, dried lemon, and sassafras with notes of herb and blueberry The palate entry is tightly-focused and sleek red berry with a slippery wax-like core of licorice, plum and pie spice finishing with crushed rock and beautifully-focused herbal acidity."
Drink 2023 - 2029.
2021 SAFFRON FIELDS VINEYARD PINOT NOIR - NUMBERED CLONES
"The nose is black cherry, crushed raspberry, licorice and bay leaf. The palate entry is cool, sleek wet stone with a core of juicy bright plum and pomegranate finishing with well-defined acidity. Not so much about fruit as it is texture."
Drink 2023 - 2031.
2021 333 PINOT NOIR
"The nose is fresh green herbs with notes of plum, raspberry and root bark. The palate entry is broad dark fruit that feels bottomless merging into a voluminous core of luxurious strawberry, violet and spice box finishing with effortlessly delicate herb and blossom."
Drink 2023 - 2032.
2021 TINY TANK PINOT NOIR
"The nose is green garden herbs, ripe orange melon, blossom, and red berry. The palate entry is fresh, lean, angular and bright with a core of bone-dry mineral, and dusty cranberry finishing with notes of silky white peach and finely-tuned punctuation of acidity."
Drink 2023 2028.
2021 WHITE CLOUD PINOT NOIR
"The nose is dried plum and crushed blackberry along with broken rock and muddled mint leaf. The palate entry is rich and dense spiced black and red fruit with a deeply-polished mid-palate of blue plum juiciness finishing with brown spice and tobacco.
Drink 2023 2027.
2021 WIND HILL VINEYARD PINOT NOIR
"The nose is tart cranberry, soaked cherries with faint notes of gingerbread. The palate entry is rich spiced plum with a core of tobacco, bay leaf, wet stone and soft blueberry finishing with saturated, lip-coating waxiness. Pair this with heavier dishes."
Drink 2023 2028.
2021 YATES CONWILL VINEYARD PINOT NOIR
"The nose is candied cherry and root bark with underlying crème de cassis. The palate entry is bright and refreshing with crisp red cranberry and pomegranate growing into a core of juicy, polished watermelon finishing with sublime silkiness and pristine acidity."
Drink 2023 - 2033.
TESTIMONIALS
2021 CUVÉE E PINOT NOIR
"The nose is rosemary, juniper, mushroom and buttercream. The palate entry is firm, dry red fruit with a lean mineral core that fleshes out on the finish with strawberry flecked phyllo pastry. Solid even after open a couple days."
Drink 2023 - 2027.
2021 CUVÉE O PINOT NOIR
"The nose offers fine green herbal freshness; tarragon and rosemary. The palate entry is pristinely bright and direct red berry fruit with a core of ripe, juicy strawberry and wild cherry that coats the mouth finishing with warm, velvet-like spice and herbal notes. A hard wine to not just drink for pleasure."
Drink 2023 2032.
2021 MAVERICK VINEYARD PINOT NOIR
"The nose is ripe plum with notes of cedar, warm mint and herbs. The palate entry is bold, saturated density leading seamlessly to a core of polished juiciness finishing with velvet-like plum, watermelon and red cherry. Really gorgeous."
Drink 2023 2028.
2021 ONE PUNCHEON PINOT NOIR
"The nose is supple lavender, herb, cola and licorice with notes of conifer. The palate entry is densely-packed black plum, tobacco and Luxardo cherry carrying into a core of polished, bright red fruits finishing with a complex and lengthy rose petal and herb."
Drink 2023 - 2030.
2021 SAFFRON FIELDS VINEYARD PINOT NOIR
"The nose is briary crisp with notes of dewy citrus and pomegranate. The palate entry is lean, fresh watermelon and crunchy red berry leading to a sleek core of finely-tuned stony nectarine finishing with impeccably-balanced cool acidity."
Drink 2023 2030.
2021 SAFFRON FIELDS VINEYARD PINOT NOIR - WHOLE CLUSTER
"The nose is soaked cherry, dried lemon, and sassafras with notes of herb and blueberry The palate entry is tightly-focused and sleek red berry with a slippery wax-like core of licorice, plum and pie spice finishing with crushed rock and beautifully-focused herbal acidity."
Drink 2023 - 2029.
2021 SAFFRON FIELDS VINEYARD PINOT NOIR - NUMBERED CLONES
"The nose is black cherry, crushed raspberry, licorice and bay leaf. The palate entry is cool, sleek wet stone with a core of juicy bright plum and pomegranate finishing with well-defined acidity. Not so much about fruit as it is texture."
Drink 2023 - 2031.
2021 333 PINOT NOIR
"The nose is fresh green herbs with notes of plum, raspberry and root bark. The palate entry is broad dark fruit that feels bottomless merging into a voluminous core of luxurious strawberry, violet and spice box finishing with effortlessly delicate herb and blossom."
Drink 2023 - 2032.
2021 TINY TANK PINOT NOIR
"The nose is green garden herbs, ripe orange melon, blossom, and red berry. The palate entry is fresh, lean, angular and bright with a core of bone-dry mineral, and dusty cranberry finishing with notes of silky white peach and finely-tuned punctuation of acidity."
Drink 2023 2028.
2021 WHITE CLOUD PINOT NOIR
"The nose is dried plum and crushed blackberry along with broken rock and muddled mint leaf. The palate entry is rich and dense spiced black and red fruit with a deeply-polished mid-palate of blue plum juiciness finishing with brown spice and tobacco.
Drink 2023 2027.
2021 WIND HILL VINEYARD PINOT NOIR
"The nose is tart cranberry, soaked cherries with faint notes of gingerbread. The palate entry is rich spiced plum with a core of tobacco, bay leaf, wet stone and soft blueberry finishing with saturated, lip-coating waxiness. Pair this with heavier dishes."
Drink 2023 2028.
2021 YATES CONWILL VINEYARD PINOT NOIR
"The nose is candied cherry and root bark with underlying crème de cassis. The palate entry is bright and refreshing with crisp red cranberry and pomegranate growing into a core of juicy, polished watermelon finishing with sublime silkiness and pristine acidity."
Drink 2023 - 2033.
TESTIMONIALS
2021 CUVÉE E PINOT NOIR
"The nose is rosemary, juniper, mushroom and buttercream. The palate entry is firm, dry red fruit with a lean mineral core that fleshes out on the finish with strawberry flecked phyllo pastry. Solid even after open a couple days."
Drink 2023 - 2027.
2021 CUVÉE O PINOT NOIR
"The nose offers fine green herbal freshness; tarragon and rosemary. The palate entry is pristinely bright and direct red berry fruit with a core of ripe, juicy strawberry and wild cherry that coats the mouth finishing with warm, velvet-like spice and herbal notes. A hard wine to not just drink for pleasure."
Drink 2023 2032.
2021 MAVERICK VINEYARD PINOT NOIR
"The nose is ripe plum with notes of cedar, warm mint and herbs. The palate entry is bold, saturated density leading seamlessly to a core of polished juiciness finishing with velvet-like plum, watermelon and red cherry. Really gorgeous."
Drink 2023 2028.
2021 ONE PUNCHEON PINOT NOIR
"The nose is supple lavender, herb, cola and licorice with notes of conifer. The palate entry is densely-packed black plum, tobacco and Luxardo cherry carrying into a core of polished, bright red fruits finishing with a complex and lengthy rose petal and herb."
Drink 2023 - 2030.
2021 SAFFRON FIELDS VINEYARD PINOT NOIR
"The nose is briary crisp with notes of dewy citrus and pomegranate. The palate entry is lean, fresh watermelon and crunchy red berry leading to a sleek core of finely-tuned stony nectarine finishing with impeccably-balanced cool acidity."
Drink 2023 2030.
2021 SAFFRON FIELDS VINEYARD PINOT NOIR - WHOLE CLUSTER
"The nose is soaked cherry, dried lemon, and sassafras with notes of herb and blueberry The palate entry is tightly-focused and sleek red berry with a slippery wax-like core of licorice, plum and pie spice finishing with crushed rock and beautifully-focused herbal acidity."
Drink 2023 - 2029.
2021 SAFFRON FIELDS VINEYARD PINOT NOIR - NUMBERED CLONES
"The nose is black cherry, crushed raspberry, licorice and bay leaf. The palate entry is cool, sleek wet stone with a core of juicy bright plum and pomegranate finishing with well-defined acidity. Not so much about fruit as it is texture."
Drink 2023 - 2031.
2021 333 PINOT NOIR
"The nose is fresh green herbs with notes of plum, raspberry and root bark. The palate entry is broad dark fruit that feels bottomless merging into a voluminous core of luxurious strawberry, violet and spice box finishing with effortlessly delicate herb and blossom."
Drink 2023 - 2032.
2021 TINY TANK PINOT NOIR
"The nose is green garden herbs, ripe orange melon, blossom, and red berry. The palate entry is fresh, lean, angular and bright with a core of bone-dry mineral, and dusty cranberry finishing with notes of silky white peach and finely-tuned punctuation of acidity."
Drink 2023 2028.
2021 WHITE CLOUD PINOT NOIR
"The nose is dried plum and crushed blackberry along with broken rock and muddled mint leaf. The palate entry is rich and dense spiced black and red fruit with a deeply-polished mid-palate of blue plum juiciness finishing with brown spice and tobacco.
Drink 2023 2027.
2021 WIND HILL VINEYARD PINOT NOIR
"The nose is tart cranberry, soaked cherries with faint notes of gingerbread. The palate entry is rich spiced plum with a core of tobacco, bay leaf, wet stone and soft blueberry finishing with saturated, lip-coating waxiness. Pair this with heavier dishes."
Drink 2023 2028.
2021 YATES CONWILL VINEYARD PINOT NOIR
"The nose is candied cherry and root bark with underlying crème de cassis. The palate entry is bright and refreshing with crisp red cranberry and pomegranate growing into a core of juicy, polished watermelon finishing with sublime silkiness and pristine acidity."
Drink 2023 - 2033.
