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Bergstrom Pinot noir Shea Vineyard 08

Winery: Bergstrom

Bergstrom Pinot noir Shea Vineyard 08 - The 2008 Shea Vineyard from Bergstrom is a deep, dark, black-ruby colored wine with a HUGE nose of Shea Vineyard terroir! Big ripe dark fruits of blackberry and cherry are intermingled with tar, dark roasted coffee, tobacco, sweet spices of cinnamon and loamy earth framed by oaky lusciousness. The wine has enormous power with mouth-filling texture. This is 110% Shea at its best. The wine concludes with big, decadent , luscious fruit and silky tannins that melt away to showcase a long spicy mineral-laden finish. - Josh Bergstrom

This is Bergstrom's sixth vintage from the mighty Shea Vineyard. We have invested heavily over the years in this site and Mr. Dick Shea and his family have been kind to oblige our winery with 10% of the entire vineyard!

Bergstrom has one of the largest controlling portions of this great vineyard with five separate clonal blocks of Pinot Noir totaling 13.5 acres!

Once again, this bottling only represents the best selection of barrels from this entire lot, representing only 30%, chosen to be bottled under the Bergstrom single vineyard label. - the Winery

2007 Vintage Tasting Notes

Bergstrom Pinot noir Shea Vineyard 07 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 93 Points:

“The 2007 Pinot Noir Shea Vineyard was sourced from multiple sites within this large property. Bergstrom takes 14 acres (approximately 10%) of Shea’s production from which he produces his “red meat and cheese Pinot”. Aromas of sandalwood, spice box, violets, black cherry, and black raspberry lead to a structured, ripe, layered Pinot with outstanding depth, balance, and length. The succulent flavors are about as hedonistic as it gets in this vintage. Give it 2-3 years of additional cellaring and drink it from 2012 to 2020.”

The Shea Vineyard Pommard Block is reminiscent of a young Barbaresco with its aromas of dried roses, cedar, leather, pipe tobacco and bright red fruits wrapped in a spicy incense. The wine is tight upon entry and packed with red fruit (currant, lingonberry, red cherry) flavors which gives way to a good broad mouthfeel and long lingering spicy flavors that are wrapped in a firm frame of acidity and fine-grained tannins. This wine should be drunk between 2012 and 2018.

Dark ruby in color, this wine is extremely mineral in the nose with lots of spice and earth, lush dark fruits as well as some toasty oak spice character to accent. The mouthfeel is focused and rich at the same time with very dark red fruits showing up again. This wine has a great purity to it with nice acid and tannin that will make this one of the longest lived Shea Vineyard Pinot Noirs that Bergström has made to date. Drink from 2010 to 2020. - Josh Bergstrom

MORE INFORMATION

2006 Vintage Tasting Notes From the winery: "The mighty Shea Vineyard is divided into two hillsides which stand like islands alone in the forested hillsides between Yamhill and Newberg. This 135 acre vineyard site is perhaps one of the best known Oregon vineyard sites to wine consumers from around the United States and beyond due to the consistent high quality of ripe fruit, precise farming practices and the numerous "blue-chip" Oregon and California wineries making wine from this terroir.

Bergstrom now has 7 acres under contract with Dick Shea and we are pleased to announce the release of our 2004 Shea Vineyard Pinot Noir which hails from two exquisitely placed blocks on the East hill; block 5 and the Oak Block.

Both blocks are harvested separately, fermented with their own native yeast and bacteria strains and aged in 100% new French oak (Francois Freres, Meyrieux, and Sirugue coopers) for 11 months before being assembled in tank just prior to bottling.

The Shea vineyard, as made by Josh, is a deep and dark effort with opaque purple and black cherry colors. Aromas of griotte cherries, black raspberries, decadent baking spices, and a nice dollop of creamy toasty oak are accompanied by a large and suave mouthfeel which is lifted by great acidity and sound structure for further ageing. This Shea Vineyard Pinot Noir will please now but continue to age well for at least a decade. One of Josh's favorites of the year.

From the winery: "From Block Five high up on the east hills of Shea Vineyard ( Dijon 777 clone) and the Oak Block down below on the same hill ( Dijon 115 clone) we have crafted another great vintage of Shea Vineyard Pinot Noir. Shea Vineyard is a 135 acre vineyard located just 2 miles west of Bergstr÷m Winery and is named after Dick Shea who sells fruits to both Oregon and California wineries as well as crafting his own label. Bergstr÷m Winery is proud to have 8 acres of Shea Vineyard under long term contract and through strict farming and low yields annually (1.5 tons per acre) and careful fermentation techniques we are able to create a wine with intense spice and fruit on the nose with an enormous and lush attack of fruit in the mouth. This wine will drink very well upon release and should age well for the medium term. 400 cases produced."

2003 Vintage Tasting Notes

With an intense black cherry robe, this wine's bouquet is captivating, showing off the blackberry, black currant, dark cherry and fragrant spices. This wine will do very well in both the near and long-term. Dick Shea planted his 135 acre vineyard in the 1980's and quickly garnered a reputation for having one of Oregon's best known and loved vineyard sites. His vineyard's name has graced the labels of some of our best and brightest colleagues for the past decade! The 2003 is the first ever Shea Vineyard by Bergstrom Wines, and we are very happy with the results. A mixture of Willakenzie Soils, Dijon clones 777 and 115 from two separate blocks in the vineyard, intelligent farming and very low yields has produced a wine of incredible richness and soft power. This wine is a real crowd pleaser!

TASTING NOTES: From five beautifully situated acres within the Shea Vineyard comes our first ever Shea Vineyard Designate Pinot Noir. With an intense black cherry robe, this wine's bouquet is intoxicating, showing off the blackberry, black currant, dark cherry and spices the Willakenzie soils are known for. The mouthfeel displays an unbelievable dichotomy of overripe and fresh fruit flavors bursting with intensity and leading to an enormous silky finish that lasts and lasts. This wine will do very well in both the near and long-term.

VINEYARD SUMMARY & PRACTICES:

Vineyard Source: Shea Vineyard

Harvest data: Harvested September 22nd & 23rd, 2003 (Brix 25.8-26.0, PH 3.71, TA 0.34)

Fermentation: 8-10 day cold soak, 8-10 day native yeast fermentation, light pressing to 0.8 BAR, press wine kept separate, drained to new French oak at +1 to +3 Brix, extended 1 month fermentation in oak until dry, native malolactic fermentation in April-June, racked only once at bottling time.

Cooperage: 100% new French oak

BOTTLING & RELEASE: Bottling: Bottled unfined and unfiltered on July 29th, 2004 Cases produced: 216





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