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Lemelson 2009 Chestnut Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)

Cellar Selection

Price $42

Although the Chestnut Hill selection from Lemelson remained stubbornly hard and tight after opening, it rewarded extra patience with added depth and polish. The red fruits showed the most concentration of all the 2009s from this producer, and oak accents of cinnamon and toast were beautifully integrated. A seamless middle and exceptional length mark this wine as… — P.G. (6/1/2012)

Lemelson 2003 Resonance Vineyard Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)

Price $38

This biodynamically farmed vineyard gives great fruit. Here it is detailed with a full range of floral aromas, candied red fruits, hints of cinnamon and plenty of balancing tannins. Just the right touch with the new oak, too. Lemelson really nails it in 2003. — P.G. (5/1/2006)

Lemelson 2008 Jerome Reserve Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)

Price $50

The Jerome reserve is exactly what you want and expect in a reserve. Not just bigger, not just more of everything—it has that—but without sacrificing terroir or balance. Supple, veined with red fruits, purple fruits, smoke, earth and barrel toast, the wine moves sinuously across the palate into a full-bore finish. Lots of life ahead. — P.G. (10/1/2011)

Lemelson 2009 Jerome Reserve Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)

Price $50

Once again the Jerome Reserve delivers the goods—a fine core of ripe cherry fruit, wrapped in pretty new oak. It’s full-bodied, round and textural, while retaining a crisp, well-defined focus. Barrel aging adds complexity, with streaks of coffee, licorice and dark chocolate. — P.G. (6/1/2012)

Lemelson 2008 Reserve Chardonnay (Willamette Valley)

Editors' Choice

Price $25

Winemaker Anthony King picks his Chardonnay early, he says, to preserve the vibrant citrus and floral characteristics of the grape.t This is a total success on that score, bursting from the glass with a mix of lime and citrus blossom. As you taste it becomes apparent that this is a wine of genuine muscle and depth; the flavors penetrate and linger, along with seams… — P.G. (10/1/2011)

Lemelson 2008 Stermer Vineyard Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)

Cellar Selection

Price $42

A single-vineyard selection Pinot with nerves of steel. Big fruit—blackberry and black cherry—finds itself wrapped in a skin of metal and rock. It’s all still primary, but has every indication of developing more subtle and complex flavors as it ages. — P.G. (10/1/2011)

Lemelson 2006 Jerome Reserve Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)

Price $58

This complex wine lists no fewer than eight different clones in the blend, harvested at an average of just 1.8 tons/acre. The winery suggests that it is their most ageworthy Pinot Noir, and the structure of this young wine would support that assertion. It’s tight, hard, compact with black fruits, smoke and chewy tannins. It’s a wine that needs time to stretch its… — P.G. (12/15/2008)

Lemelson 2003 Chestnut Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)

Price $38

This was Eric Lemelson’s first planted vineyard and it’s now beginning to show its stuff. Clearly Oregonian in its opening mix of leaf, root, herb and earth scents, it rounds up into some pleasing cherry/plum fruit flavors that resonate as a very pretty core of sweet fruit. Persistent and concentrated, it’s still tight and compact but promises great things to come. — P.G. (5/1/2006)

Prominent Designations [All]

Adria Vineyard - Dry Riesling Chestnut Hill Vineyard Cuvée X Dry Jerome Reserve Meyer Vineyard Mt. Richmond Reed & Reynolds Vineyard Reserve Resonance Vineyard Stermer Vineyard Thea's Selection Tikka's Run Wascher Vineyard

Most Reviewed Varietals

Chardonnay Pinot Grigio/Gris Pinot Noir Riesling

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