Coffee, mocha, and blackberries can be found in the nose of the medium to dark ruby-colored 2000 Pinot Noir Jessie Vineyard. A supple wine of outstanding depth and length, it coats the taster's palate with smoky oak-spiced dark berries. Anticipated maturity: Now-2008.
"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."
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