Cristom, Pinot Noir "Eileen", 2023 BOWLERGADI2023 Clos Romans is all about

Clos Romans is all about restraint and energy

and a transparency to site that lets the cool-vintage 2023 character shine through

the wine now has over two decades of evolution

Expect ripe white fruit and citrus on the nose with a pleasantly bitter finish that speaks to both the wine's purity and its rocky home

lingering tannins and the acidity to age a decade or more

Cristom, Pinot Noir "Eileen", 2023 BOWLERGADI2023 Clos Romans is all aboutCristom has been one of Oregon's benchmark Pinot estates since Paul Gerrie founded it in 1992, with Steve Doerner formerly of Calera at the cellar from day one. The estate sits in the Eola Amity Hills, and the four single vineyard "estate family" Pinots are each named for a female ancestor of Paul's. Eileen, named for Paul's wife, is the highest block on the property, climbing past 700 feet on basalt soils first planted in 1997 and expanded in 2006.