Bergstrom Wines - Pinot Noir 'Silice' 2019 (750ml)

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Producer	Bergstrom Wines
Country	United States
Region	Oregon
Subregion	Willamette Valley
Varietal	Pinot Noir
Vintage	2019
Sku	39029
Size	750ml

   

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Bergström Wines, a first-generation American family business, is one of the most unique and lauded domaines in the Willamette Valley. Dr. John Bergström’s Swedish heritage and the love he developed for the Pacific Northwest are the roots of this estate. In 1999, John and his son, Josh, established Bergström Wines. Today, Josh and Caroline, his wife and business partner, are celebrating 24 years as biodynamic growers of estate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vineyards on the finest appellations within Oregon’s Willamette Valley. 

Their farming program consists of five monopole, biodynamic estate vineyards spanning 70 acres across three of the Willamette Valley’s finest and most exclusive AVA’s. Each vine is farmed without the use of harsh fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides or systemic fungicides. Instead, Josh and his farming team focus on homemade compost, homeopathic herbal and mineral teas, and regenerative agricultural practices that coax maximum expression from the unique terroir.

The 2019 Pinot Noir Silice Vineyard is generous and already very layered this vintage. The nose offers detailed cranberries, blackberries, licorice and flint. The palate is silky and has inviting savory tones streaking through the wild berry fruit. It finishes with fantastic length and detail. This was made using 100% whole clusters.

Dark crimson. Mineral-accented black raspberry, cherry cola and violet aromas are complemented by a spicy nuance and a hint of botanical herbs. Well-concentrated yet lively as well, offering intense red and blue fruit, candied lavender and spicecake flavors supported by a spine of minerality. Finishes very long and finely detained, displaying lingering cherry, floral and spice qualities and gently chewy tannins.

A notably sandy plot in the Chehalem Mountains AVA, this has a very fragrant nose with roasted coffee, violet and toasted spices, such as cardamom, mace, cinnamon and nutmeg, as well as a core of ripe cherries. The palate is sumptuously fleshy and bathed in sweetly ripe cherry and berry flavors. Drink or hold.

The 2019 Pinot Noir Silice shows a bit of reduction on opening, with notes of violets, then takes on a hint of black fruit, with blackberry and candied flowers. The palate is generous with red fruit through the midpalate with ripe raspberry, tea leaf, and a floral perfume on the finish. This would benefit from a quick decanting if opening right away. Drink 2024-2034.

Planted 2001 at 400 ft on shiny quartz in sand, Silice has the deepest sandy soils of any of Bergström's estate vineyards. This 20-acre vineyard sprawls over four different rolling sandy hillsides and sees all-day, unrelenting sun exposure, and strong winds. Bright cherry red. And, funnily enough, it does smell rather of red cherries. Very smooth (when tasted immediately after the Temperance Hill!) on palate entry. Lots of pure Pinot Noir fruit here and, as usual from this producer, there's no simple sweetness. This has real sinews, zest and character – even a hint of orange zest. Clearly a wine with a future. Quite a triumph. Some wines from sandy soils are a bit soft, but not this one. The tannins are definitely present but only underneath some intriguing and beguiling fruit.