I was very pleased that Bergström's wines finally made it to Sweden this month. with John Bergström, the father of Josh, the winemaker, having grown up in the small village of Glöte in Sweden, I felt it only reasonable that their wines should be available here. Furthermore, when I visited the estate in 2003, I liked their wines very much. So tonight we tried one of the two bottlings that are sold here, the 2006 Bergström Vineyard, Pinot Noir. This vineyard is just in the heart of the Red Hills of Dundee, from where Pinot Noir from Oregon started its journey of fame around the world.
The colour is rather light red-purple.
The nose is fragrant and elegant with loads of fresh strawberries and a distinct but classy and beautifully integrated note of toasted oak. A fine and clear expression of Pinot fruit.
On the palate the wine is a bit restrained, with a fine fruity acidity and a peppery intensity. Not too pronounced, fine grained tannins. It ends peppery and intense but still elegant and rather charming. Tasting only one wine at a time is always difficult, but I could certainly imagine that I would place this fine and restrained wine in Burgundy if I were given it in a blind tasting. Beautifully crafted and certainly in the need of some years in the bottle before it will show the best of itself. A very good achievement of Josh Bergström. The other wine available over here is the de Lancelotti Vineyard. I'll be back with notes of it when I have decided to open one of those bottles. I enclose a picture of Josh in front of the de Lancelotti vyd, which is north of the Dundee hills, in Chehalem Mountains.
Cheers,
Anders
