Wet stone and grapefruit aromas. Moderate acidity with crunchy stony quality and a grapefruit dominated citrus character. Maybe a touch of green apple.
Aroma: Blueberries and raspberries with a little spice. Palate: Light-bodied cherry flavors with a touch of harsh woodiness. A bit rough and clunky. Clearly intended for the low end of the market.
Aroma: Smoky bacon, cherry and resinous wood. Palate: Tart cherries and watermelon. Fairly light body and youthfully disorganized. Cedar wood notes pervade.
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Chehalem Mountains
Aroma: Spicy black cherry and blueberry. Palate: Juicy dark red fruits with moderate richness and acidity. Warm baking spice. Could use a year or two more to integrate. Good complexity and length.
Aroma: Baking spice, cherry and a hint of wood shavings. Palate: Very structured with considerable tannin. Rich red cherry flavors with baking spice, wood and a touch of strawberries. Needs more cellaring.
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Chehalem Mountains
Aroma: Green herbaceous notes overlay black cherry and black raspberry. Palate: Spicy strawberry and cherry with licorice, earth and loam. My favorite of the 2010 Pinots. Drinkable now and over at least 10 years. May shut down at some point in the near future if it enters the adolescent backward phase common with Pinot Noir.
Aroma: Cherries, strawberries and a little wet stone. Palate: Spicy bright cherry, strawberry and maybe watermelon. Light to moderate complexity and tannic structure. Early drinker but may close up soon and reopen later on.
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola - Amity Hills
Aroma: Spicy strawberries, blueberries and minerals. Palate: Very young. Juicy strawberry over excellent tannic structure. Spicy, somewhat earthy finish. Wait for it to close down and then mature.
Aroma: Crisp green apple and minerals. Palate: Pineapple, Golden Delicious apple, cinnamon, baked bread, minerals. Fairly but not completely dry. Light body with excellent acidity in an off-dry wine.
2011 Bergström Pinot Noir Rosé
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Aroma of baked bread with a hint of strawberry. Smooth but crisp with well balanced light strawberry, kiwi and lime flavors.
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2010 Bergström Chardonnay Old Stones
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Wet stone and grapefruit aromas. Moderate acidity with crunchy stony quality and a grapefruit dominated citrus character. Maybe a touch of green apple.
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2011 Bergström Pinot Noir Old Stones
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Aroma: Blueberries and raspberries with a little spice.
Palate: Light-bodied cherry flavors with a touch of harsh woodiness. A bit rough and clunky. Clearly intended for the low end of the market.
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2010 Bergström Pinot Noir Cumberland Reserve
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Aroma: Smoky bacon, cherry and resinous wood.
Palate: Tart cherries and watermelon. Fairly light body and youthfully disorganized. Cedar wood notes pervade.
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2010 Bergström Pinot Noir de Lancellotti
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Chehalem Mountains
Aroma: Spicy black cherry and blueberry.
Palate: Juicy dark red fruits with moderate richness and acidity. Warm baking spice. Could use a year or two more to integrate. Good complexity and length.
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2010 Bergström Pinot Noir Bergström Vineyard
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
Aroma: Baking spice, cherry and a hint of wood shavings.
Palate: Very structured with considerable tannin. Rich red cherry flavors with baking spice, wood and a touch of strawberries. Needs more cellaring.
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2010 Bergström Pinot Noir Winery Block
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Chehalem Mountains
Aroma: Green herbaceous notes overlay black cherry and black raspberry.
Palate: Spicy strawberry and cherry with licorice, earth and loam. My favorite of the 2010 Pinots. Drinkable now and over at least 10 years. May shut down at some point in the near future if it enters the adolescent backward phase common with Pinot Noir.
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2011 Bergström Pinot Noir Gregory Ranch
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Yamhill-Carlton
Aroma: Cherries, strawberries and a little wet stone.
Palate: Spicy bright cherry, strawberry and maybe watermelon. Light to moderate complexity and tannic structure. Early drinker but may close up soon and reopen later on.
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2011 Bergström Pinot Noir Temperance Hill
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola - Amity Hills
Aroma: Spicy strawberries, blueberries and minerals.
Palate: Very young. Juicy strawberry over excellent tannic structure. Spicy, somewhat earthy finish. Wait for it to close down and then mature.
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2009 Bergström Riesling
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Aroma: Crisp green apple and minerals.
Palate: Pineapple, Golden Delicious apple, cinnamon, baked bread, minerals. Fairly but not completely dry. Light body with excellent acidity in an off-dry wine.
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