Medium straw with green-gold highlights
although a bit closed in its youth
It has very light soil and the purest blue slate of any Mosel vineyard
Christopher’s flagship wine is a classic Pinot Noir from the Willamette Valley
great minerals
Chehalem Three Vineyard Pinot Noir (Screwcap) 2015 2021 Medium straw with green-gold highlightsLike 2012 Three Vineyard in size, but sleeker, this vintage is deeply colored, seriously structured with perfect balance, light silk nap tannin and a firmness and richness of sweetness, glove leather and bing cherries; although a bit closed in its youth, this brilliant wine exhibits cherry Danish, brioche, baking cocoa, meatiness, dusty plum, pomegranate, pipe tobacco, smokiness, minerality and spices; portends well for later 2014 releases.