J Christopher 2011 Pinot Noir Willamette Valley

Grape: Pinot Noir.
Region: USA> Oregon> Willamette Valley.
Notes: Indigenous yeast, 18 months barrel aging.
Tannin: Med.
Acidity: Med+.

Description: J. Christopher winery is a small winery located in Oregon's Northern Willamette Valley specializing in Pinot Noir made using the traditional Old World methods of Burgundy that emphazises focus, length and balance. This is classic Oregon Pinot Noir that displays a dark fruit wreathed in bay laurel and smoky black tea. Broad, rich, and velvety, it nonetheless retains a welcome sense of levity, vivacity, and primary juiciness, finishing with net sip-inviting length. It offers considerable polish for the price and might well even gain in stature over the next several years.