Bergström, Pinot Noir "Silice" Chehalem Mountains, Willamette, Oregon 2017

The 2017 Bergström Wines Silice Pinot Noir is dark ruby red in color. The aromatic profile is a complex potpourri of fruits, spices, and herbs mixed with a saline note that makes the finish succulent and juicy. This is whole-cluster Pinot Noir at its finest. This wine is ripe, round and velvety, with the signature acidity and tannins of this vintage. A very approachable wine now, but it will also benefit from time in the cellar. 

Silice Pinot Noir comes from the ancient sandy beaches of the Chehalem Mountains AVA where Bergström has farmed 21 acres of estate Pinot Noir since 2001.

These well-drained, rolling, sedimentary hillsides sparkle with bright sunlight reflecting off the silica-rich soils filled with ground quartz that dominate the site.

This sun-soaked bench sits at 400 feet and produces wines of richness, opulence, and spice with enormous fruit expression and sandstone mineral character.