Bergstrom "Cumberland Reserve" Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2021
WA
95
JD
94
JS
94
WS
93
VEG
93
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WA
95
JD
94
JS
94
WS
93
VEG
93
What Critics Think
Wine Advocate : 95 Points
(3/9/2023) Medium ruby-purple, the 2021 Pinot Noir Cumberland Reserve offers generous aromas of cranberry sauce, floral potpourri, blood orange and wafts of dried herbs. The medium-bodied palate is youthfully gregarious and focused on generous allspice flavors, although its chalky, tensile frame and long, latent finish suggest this has more to give with additional time in bottle. Drink Date: 2024 - 2034.
Jeb Dunnuck : 94 Points
(8/6/2024) A blend of the five estate vineyards and always 100% Pinot Noir, the bright ruby red 2022 Pinot Noir Cumberland Reserve is fresh with aromas of pure red cherries, wildflowers, pure spice, and forest herbs. Medium-bodied, refined, and elegant, with bright acidity, it offers a finessed feel throughout its fine tannins and has a lovely lift of salty earth on the finish. Drink 2024-2034.
James Suckling : 94 Points
(4/15/2024) Serious, well-driven and succulent, with forest berries, dried herbs, crushed stone and baking spices. It’s medium-bodied with bright acidity. Intense and lively with plenty of verve and vitality. Sharp and focused with a long finish. Drink or hold.
Wine Spectator : 93 Points
(11/15/2024) Expressive and inviting, with multilayered raspberry, orange peel, rose petal and dusky spice flavors that finish with verve and sleek tannins. Drink now through 2032. 4,074 cases made.
Vinous - Eric Guido : 93 Points
(5/2024) The 2022 Pinot Noir Cumberland Reserve wafts up from the glass with a vibrant bouquet that mixes crushed wild berries and minty herbs with hints of clove and cola. It’s seamless and silky yet energetic in feel, with depths of crisp red berry fruits propelled by juicy acidity. This takes on a spicy sensation and a tinge of crunchy minerality, tapering off dramatically long, fresh and gently tannic. The Cumberland Reserve is quite likable and wonderfully refined. This is a blend of barrels from throughout Bergstrom’s single vineyards. Drinking Window: 2024 - 2030.
