Bergstrom Cumberland Reserve Pinot Noir 2023
94 Pts, Jeb Dunnuck – 94 Pts, James Suckling – 93 Pts, Wine Spectator – 93 Pts, Parker’s Wine Advocate
We have history with this elite winery and their Cumberland Reserve Pinot Noir, getting it at a secret price when it came from the 2020 vintage that was largely panned by critics. Everyone who bought that wine learned the same thing: there are no bad vintages at Bergstrom. Not even close. That was one of my best Pinot Noir specials ever offered. Flash forward to the 2023 vintage in what was considered an outstanding vintage throughout the Willamette Valley. Somehow, Josh let us work some magic!
What we have now is a special on one of the best wines of the vintage, from one of the state’s, if not the country’s biggest Pinot Noir stars. This gorgeous wine is crafted from the Dundee Hills, Chehalem Mountains, Ribbon Ridge and Yamhill Carlton AVAs and seamlessly blended together in a complex collage of elegance and structure. Suckling called it “Bright and seductive”, Dunnuck took it a step further declaring this a “stunning introduction to the vintage and a benchmark for the region as an appellation wine.”
Original price was: $60.00.$39.99Current price is: $39.99.
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94 Points, Jeb Dunnuck
“The 2023 Pinot Noir Cumberland Reserve opens with aromas of raspberry liqueur, mocha, floral perfume, and savory notes of fresh sage. Medium-bodied, it offers ripe, detailed tannins, balanced acidity, and a long finish. While this vintage hints at opulence, the wine remains beautifully balanced and refreshing. It’s a stunning introduction to the vintage and a benchmark for the region as an appellation wine.”
94 Points, James Suckling
“Bright and seductive, this pinot offers fresh cherries, crushed wild berries, violets, wet rocks and subtle spices on the nose. Racy and mouthwatering, with spicy and minerally tension, it has a medium body, a dusty texture to its tannins and a lingering and racy finish. Focused and very precise.”
93 Points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
The 2020 Pinot Noir Cumberland Reserve has a medium ruby color and gregarious aromas of cranberries, red cherries, dried herbs, woodsmoke and tea leaves. The palate is light-bodied, chalky and fresh with somewhat tart, delicate fruit and a slightly astringent, spicy finish.
93 Points, Wine Spectator
“Generous yet silky in texture and refined, with lilting raspberry and guava flavors that are accented by fresh violet, orange peel and dusky spice notes as this gathers richness on the lively finish.”
Over the last 20 years, arguably the biggest, most highly decorated name in the crowd is none other than Bergstrom Wines, where Oregon born Josh Bergstrom has become an annual staple of multiple Top 100 lists, and has seen his wine showered with more 92+ scores from Wine Spectator than any other Oregon winery.
Josh’s operation is small and mighty. He spent more than six years studying and learning in Burgundy, where he met his wife and mastered the art of making truly cellar worthy Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. In the late 1990’s he brought that knowledge back to the states, and started a small production winery in the Dundee Hills.
Since inception, his wines have highlighted some of the very best red and white wines to come out of the state with my favorite wine in his portfolio the Sigrid Chardonnay, a tribute to his late grandmother. But his Pinot Noir is no doubt his calling card, and what has earned him his latest trip to the Top 100 charts.
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