2024 Pinot Gris

How we make our Pinot Gris

All the fruit for Pike Road Pinot Gris is hand-picked and gently pressed. The juice is then cold fermented in small stainless steel tanks to preserve its delicate aromatics and finished with a screw cap so that it tastes as fresh as the day it was bottled.

Pike Road Pinot Gris is made from 100% Willamette Valley fruit. It is sourced from a combination of our estate vineyards and fruit grown by our longtime, trusted partners in the Willamette Valley. This “multi-vineyard” approach results in a more complex, flavorful wine. It's a Pinot Gris with character and complexity! 

The 2024 Vintage

The 2024 vintage in the Willamette Valley was a near-perfect setup with well-paced, idyllic conditions for a great vintage of classic Willamette Valley wines. Winter and spring were wetter than average with budbreak occurring in mid-April. The growing season started cool and mild with steady vine growth into June, when some rains during bloom naturally lowered yields for us. July and August were punctuated by several short-lived heat spikes. Thankfully, the hottest temperatures occurred during the green phase of fruit maturation, while clusters are sunburn-resistant. Toward the end of the growing season, a late August drizzle left the vines clean and refreshed, ripening a moderate quantity of beautiful fruit. Great fall conditions allowed for a slower pace than typical. The timing of harvest was close to our historic average but within a longer window contributing to great hang-time. Expect concentrated, fruit-forward wines with great complexity.