Bergström "Cumberland Reserve" Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2023
VIN
93
JS
94
WS
93
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VIN
93
JS
94
WS
93
This "Cumberland Reserve" bottling from Bergström has been a staff and customer favorite for many years, and always gets lots of love from the wine press. We recently placed a rather large order for the 2022 vintage but, as sometimes happens, the vintage rolled and we ended up with the 2023 bottling. No scores so far, and we've not yet had a chance to pop a bottle. Stay tuned! (It is also worth noting that, as we write this, the nationwide median online retail is $54, a full 20% higher than our "beats all" price!)
What We Think
Vin Chicago: 93 Points
(5/2025) Celebrating 25 years of biodynamic viticulture in Oregon, Josh Bergstrom aims to capture Willamette's totality with this multi-site bottling. He utilizes whole cluster fermentations and just 10-15% of new French oak barrique, in a coiled wine that deserves a decanter but is much more accessible than any prior vintages to our memory. The result is a pure expression with a profile reminiscent of cool, leafy, pre-dawn-picked raspberries, beetroot, cranberry sauce with orange zest, freshly fallen brush, dried marrionberry, garden herbs, fern frond, and spruce. This wine's length is outrageous. Its quality, drive, and balance will make any Pinot Noir drinker extremely happy.
What Critics Think
James Suckling : 94 Points
(3/10/2025) Bright and seductive, this pinot offers fresh cherries, crushed wild berries, violets, wet rocks and subtle spices on the nose. Racy and mouthwatering, with spicy and minerally tension, it has a medium body, a dusty texture to its tannins and a lingering and racy finish. Focused and very precise. Drink or hold.
Wine Spectator : 93 Points
(6/16/2025) Generous yet silky in texture and refined, with lilting raspberry and guava flavors that are accented by fresh violet, orange peel and dusky spice notes as this gathers richness on the lively finish. Drink now through 2033.
