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Erath Winery

Dundee, Oregon, United States

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    3° C Overcast clouds

  • Time

    06:06 AM

  • Wine average?

    89 Tb

  • Country Ranking?

    169

  • Region Ranking?

    1

  • Popularity ranking?

    245

History

Erath wines are an expression of the land that the winery has cultivated for more than 40 years, longer than any other winery in the Dundee Hills of Oregon. The red, iron-rich Jory soils, combined with gentle breezes and warming sunshine of a marine climate, have bestowed upon Dundee a terroir of note. It has given rise to the handcrafting phenomenon, and the art of Pinot.

As one of Oregon’s wine pioneers, Dick Erath had always been as tena...

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Winemaking

Under the vigilance of Winemaker Gary Horner, Erath Pinot is as it was over 40 years ago. Only better. Just as modern gem cutters use lasers to perfect time-honored diamond cuts and unleash the brilliance of a gem, Erath Winery thoughtfully introduces new winemaking tools to remove imperfections and reveal the Pinot varietal’s true beauty and character.

In such Old World trades, tools are critical, yet secondary to the artistry, skill, judg...

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  • Gary Horner

    Winemaker
    It was a 1954 Grand Cru Burgundy. The story is that it came out of a doctor’s cellar in France. I was born in 1954, so perhaps it was destiny. My friend Andre, an avid wine collector, said to me, ‘When I pull this cork, this wine is going to live for 60 minutes,’ so we went at it. It looked like oxidized chardonnay. I took it to my nose – it was loaded with violet, flower aromas and tea. The wine was still alive. That was my magical ‘aha’ moment.
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