2022 Bergstrom - Pinot Noir La Spirale Vineyard
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Planted in 2005 with 22 different soil types, La Spirale is an undulating hilly vineyard with a slight western exposure. Once called the Redmond Vineyard, it’s always the last vineyard that they pick. The 2022 Pinot Noir La Spirale Vineyard is a jeweled ruby color, and the nose leads with notes of candied roses, sweet herbs, wild raspberries, delicate spice, and incense. Very pure all the way through, it’s crystalline, with well-defined, ripe tannins, an even a spine of acidity, and again, that salty note on the front of the palate. A fantastic red, it’s going to age with ease over the next 15 years.
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From vines planted in 2005, the 2022 Pinot Noir La Spirale features bursts of wild berry and rose petal on the nose, complemented by nuances of cardamom, orange peel and bitters. The medium-bodied palate offers concentrated, earthy fruit. It's structured by dusty tannins and mouthwatering acidity and has a detailed finish.
Darkly alluring, the 2022 Pinot Noir La Spirale Vineyard tempts the imagination with a delicate bouquet that mixes blue and purple florals with a dusting of violet candies and grilled herbs. This opens with a lovely inner sweetness and textures of pure silk as a wave of ripe fruit flows across a stream of brisk acidity. It takes on a crunchy sensation through the finish, leaving a subtle coating of edgy tannins.
Pale purple in colour. Elegant yet concentrated nose with black and red cherry, earth and beautifully judged, well-integrated oak – vanilla and cedar. Fine and persistent tannin with balanced acidity and an evolving earth, mushroom and pine-sap-tinged finish. Lovely! (SCJ)