Bergström Wines
Gregory Ranch Vineyard Pinot Noir, Yamhill-Carlton
The Gregory Ranch is a 21-acre vineyard planted on a 100+ acre property in the forested foothills of the coast range in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA. The vineyard is surrounded by old-growth Douglas Fir, pine, and large sprawling oak trees. Wild elk and black bear roam the woods, and the forest floor is laced with truffles and mushrooms of all types. Always one of the most robust and earthy and tannic Pinot Noirs.
Vintage Factsheets
Willakenzie marine sedimentary sands and clays on sandstone. 15 year old vines. South and east-facing vineyards at 460 feet.
- Region
- Oregon: Willamette Valley
- Appellation
- Willamette Valley
- Sub-Appellation
- Yamhill-Carlton
- Varietal Composition
- Pinot Noir
- Aging
- On natural lees in 228L French oak barrels, 10-15% new.
- Alcohol
- 13.37%
An almost neon, dark raspberry color. Introduces itself with a gorgeous floral bouquet and an aromatic panoply of raspberry and strawberry candies, citrusy-lemon or grapefruit, and notes of black tea, sweet loamy earth, and mushroom broth. Silky, smooth, bright, and energetic on the palate. Darker fruited in flavor than in aroma with cherries, blackberries, and red plum.
Vinous
93 Points
2019
"Dark, bright-rimmed red. Spice- and earth-tinged red and blue fruit scents show a suave floral overtone. Youthfully taut bitter cherry, blueberry and spicecake flavors flesh out and take a sweeter turn through the back half. Finishes very long and precise, with gently gripping tannins and a resonating cherry flourish."
— Josh Raynolds, 2022
