13.5% ABV and producer description
The Grocery Store Wine verdict
Erath
Oregon Pinot Noir
Erath is the stronger Pinot proposition when freshness and Oregon character matter more than plushness. Choose it over Meiomi for lift, red fruit and a more recognizable Pinot shape.
- Region
- Oregon
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
- The release we researched
- 2023
- Price context
- 10 exact store checks below
What to expect in the glass.
Here is the style this wine is meant to have, based on its region and how it was made.
The producer's defining style
Producer description
Producer description
What it costs
Exact regular prices from dated store checks.
- Kroger, Atlanta suburbs, GA$22.99
- Kroger, Cincinnati, OH$22.99
- Kroger, Knoxville, TN$18.99
- Kroger, Richmond, VA$17.99
- King Soopers, Colorado Springs, CO$17.99
- Fry's, Tucson, AZ$16.99
- Smith's, Las Vegas, NV$23.99
- Fred Meyer, Portland, OR$27.99
- QFC, Tacoma, WA$21.99
- Ralphs, Long Beach, CA$24.99
Observed at specific stores; your store will vary. A price target, not an ad.
Erath is the stronger Pinot proposition when freshness and Oregon character matter more than plushness. Choose it over Meiomi for lift, red fruit and a more recognizable Pinot shape.
Our call combines official producer and regional evidence with the bottle's shopper ratings and category position.
- You want red fruit, lift and modest alcohol
- You prefer a cooler-climate Pinot frame
- You accept statewide sourcing at this price tier
- You want a dense, sweet-fruited red
- You require a named AVA or vineyard
- You expect Oregon alone to prove delicacy
Serve slightly cool, then adjust to the bottle’s structure.
Build the pairing around its savory red structure: match weight, sweetness and acidity rather than prestige.
Getting to know Oregon.
Oregon gives Pinot Noir a credible cool-climate frame, but statewide origin leaves the vineyard mix unresolved. That distinction is the page’s central honesty test.
What the name means
A state origin spanning distinct AVAs and climates; it is not interchangeable with Willamette Valley.
How grapes grow here
Oregon ranges from cool western valleys to warmer southern and eastern sites. Vintage and source region can materially change Pinot Noir style.
What lies under the vines
Volcanic, marine sedimentary and alluvial soils occur across Oregon; none can be assigned to this bottle without sourcing evidence.
How large the region is
- Pinot Noir context
- The Oregon Wine Board reports Pinot Noir as 59% of planted acres statewide.
Places within the region
- Willamette Valley
- The state’s principal Pinot Noir center, but not a valid bottle claim unless the release identifies it.
About this bottling
The 2023 producer record gives composition and alcohol but not the vineyard map. It is a credible Oregon counterpoint to plush California Pinot, with statewide sourcing as the unresolved variable.
Winemaking
The producer says for 2023: 100% Pinot Noir and 13.5% alcohol. Detailed lot sourcing and oak percentages were not found on the reviewed page.
Taste
The producer says: black cherry, cola, toasted oak, strawberry compote, baking spice and vibrant acidity.
Erath
Producer ownership is tracked separately from the release facts shown here.
The Erath name reaches back to Dick Erath’s pioneering Oregon work beginning in the late 1960s.
The 2023 Oregon bottling is positioned as a statewide, fruit-driven Pinot rather than a single-AVA statement.
- Composition
- 100% Pinot Noir from the producer
- Alcohol
- 13.5% ABV from the producer
- Subregion
- Oregon only on the release record; do not infer Willamette Valley well established
Where this information comes from.
We researched this release from the producer's own material and current store listings. We haven't held this exact bottle yet. When we do, we'll say so.
SourcePublisher / how strong the source isChecked
Oregon wine regions ↗
Oregon Wine Boardregional authority
Oregon wine varieties ↗
Oregon Wine Boardregional authority
2023 Oregon Pinot Noir ↗
Erath Wineryproducer
Launch assortment rating snapshot
Kroger retailer feedDated product-level signal; vintage and unique audience are not established.
Front, back, fine print.
The label, the barcode and the fine print, captured so you can read what the bottle actually says.
