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Cristom 2009 Louise Vineyard Pinot Noir (Eola-Amity Hills)
- $50
This is classic Oregon Pinot Noir at its most svelte and stylish. Fresh and clean upon entry, it showcases its raspberry and cherry fruit in a delicate wrap of leaf and bark. The tannins are in perfect proportion; the finish is complex and intriguing.
— P.G.
(6/1/2012)
Cristom 2009 Jessie Vineyard Pinot Noir (Eola-Amity Hills)
- Cellar Selection
- $50
Stylish, precise, elegant and evocative, the Jessie may be the best of an excellent single-vineyard lineup from Cristom in 2009. Light toast rims deep black-fruit flavors, with excellent concentration. The lengthy finish brings in streaks of espresso and clean earth. This has the balance and detail to reward significant cellaring.
— P.G.
(6/1/2012)
Cristom 2009 Eileen Vineyard Pinot Noir (Eola-Amity Hills)
- Cellar Selection
- $50
This begins as a hard, tight wine with hints of rose petal around a core of blackberry hard candy. The balance is superb, and the wine is lively with nuanced, dark notes blending smoke, espresso and bitter chocolate. An intriguing animal scent surfaces after some hours of breathing.
— P.G.
(6/1/2012)
Cristom 2004 Estate Pinot Gris (Willamette Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- $17
High density plantings, select clones, native yeasts—Steve Doerner is as dedicated a winemaker as you will ever meet. This wine validates his efforts; it’s a delicious, textural, varied and satisfying effort. The wine plays with the palate, offering layers of stone, fruit, acid, herb, spice and skin that mix and mingle easily.
— P.G.
(2/1/2006)
Cristom 1998 Oregon/Washington Pinot Gris (Oregon)
- Best Buy
- $15
About 22% of the fruit is from the Celilo vineyard in Washington, hence the dual appellation. Despite the carpetbagger grapes, or maybe because of them, this is superb wine. Intense, ripe and concentrated with a beautiful blend of citrus and mineral elements. The finish, which adds nuts and smoke to the above, is a dead ringer for good French Chablis, and the…
— P.G.
(11/1/2001)
Cristom 2010 Estate Viognier (Eola-Amity Hills)
- Editors' Choice
- Online Exclusive
- $26
Lovely, lemony jasmine-tea scents and flavors abound in this delicate yet penetrating wine. Clean and fresh, it adds highlights of citrus rind without a trace of bitterness. Pure elegance.
— P.G.
(6/1/2012)
Cristom 2003 Reserve Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
- $35
Cristom’s 2003 reserve is a blend of grapes from nine different vineyards. Supple and concentrated, it beautifully mixes raspberry, blackberry and cherry flavors with hints of earth and chewy, tea-leaf tannins. Excellent grip, weight and length; slowly but surely some pretty mocha flavors suffuse the finish.
— P.G.
(5/1/2006)
Cristom 1998 Marjorie Vineyards Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
- $39
Earth and cola notes accent a true Burgundian nose of rustic raspberry and herbs. This is a stylish, reserved wine—one that sits nicely on the palate and glides down smooth while still holding its cards tight to the vest. It should blossom and soften in about three or four years; now it has everything going for it.
— M.S.
(12/1/2000)
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