Ruby red to scarlet colored in the glass, with cinnamon and spice on the nose, this wine sings a complex song playing minerality and herbaceousness with fruit-forward resonance.
The 2022 Chehalem Pinot Noir is medium-bodied, with a medium-long finish and fine to medium-grained tannins. I kept retasting to identify its complex layers of flavors. I was intrigued by this Chehalem Mountains AVA wine.
Special commodations to Katie Santora for delivering a low alcohol (13%) result, given a vintage with major heat spikes.
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