The night of October 8th the "Atlas Fire" broke out on the lower slopes of the Atlas Peak AVA

Mediterranean style

and 1% Petit Verdot

part of Smith & Hook Estates in the Santa Lucia Highlands

grapes than to botrytis

2016 Eyrie Vineyards South Block Reserve napa The night of October 8thAfter a 5 year hiatus, winemaker Jason Lett released a Pinot noir from Eyries most storied patch of ground the South Block in 2013. This year he is once again capturing the magic of this part of the vineyard. Planted in 1968, the South Block occupies a small corner of the first vines planted at Eyrie a mere 10 rows of Pinot noir. As Jasons father, Eyrie founder David Lett discovered, these ten rows came to express a magical spot on Oregons Dundee