Beckham Estate Vineyard Chehalem Mountains Pinot Noir 2016
Color:
Red
Country/State:
Oregon
Varietal:
Pinot Noir
Sub-Region:
Chehalem Mountains
Region:
Willamette Valley
Andrew Beckham is a lauded artist and pottery teacher turned winemaker. His wife Annedria provides the structure to the operation, running the business, the marketing and even propogating vines for their first vineyard on their living room table! Together, they produce some beautiful wine, including this classic Chehalem Mountains Pinot Noir.
92
Our Score
(11/24/2020) This small, family-owned Oregon estate is making some of the best small-batch Pinot Noir you can find. The wine starts off with plenty of wonderful fruit flavors, including strawberry, raspberry, tart cherry and plum. The real fun starts with the secondary notes of red earth, baking spice and stony minerals. On the finish, the wine is very long and clean with a bit of dried fruit coming through to counterbalance the cascade of minerals and soft tannins. Medium-bodied and full-flavored, the quality-to-deliciousness ratio here is incredible!
