Chehalem Three Vineyard Pinot Noir (Screwcap) 2015 2021 and some blue fruit chimes

and some blue fruit chimes in

Christopher’s flagship wine is a classic Pinot Noir from the Willamette Valley

great minerals

Medium straw with green-gold highlights

We like very slow

Chehalem Three Vineyard Pinot Noir (Screwcap) 2015 2021 and some blue fruit chimesLike 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.