An outstanding, medium to dark ruby-colored wine, the spicy cherry-scented 2000 Pinot Noir Reserve is loaded with black cherries and blackberries. Medium-bodied and satin-textured, it has gorgeous depth as well as length. Projected maturity: 2003-2009. "For an Oregon winery, 2000 was a boring vintage because we didn't have to face drought, cold, harvest rains, or any other problems we had to try and surmount," said Steve Doerner, Cristom's winemaker. He went on to say that, "I was so much in love with the 1999s that I overlooked the 2000s until recently. Now I see this vintage as close as can be to 1999 without reaching that year's peaks." Tel. (503) 375-3068