Intense strawberry, raspberry aromas mingle with vanilla and baking spices like cinnamon and allspice in this delicious Pinot. It is sleek and supple in the mouth and lush with strawberry, raspberry fruit and vanilla and subtle toasty oak flavors lifted by bright, crisp acidity and supported by burnished tannins. The image on the label is of the vineyard rows in the Corral Creek Vineyard where the grapes for this wine were grown. The intense strawberry aromas and flavors are a signature of the Pinot Noir fruit from this vineyard. Winemaker Katie Santora’s notes suggest giving the wine time to open. I tasted it immediately after opening, then tasted again the following day. My description is from the second tasting.
Chehalem, Chehalem Mountains (Willamette Valley, Oregon) Pinot Noir 2019
By Rebecca Murphy