Bergström Silice Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021
When John and Karen Bergström began Bergström Wines, they wanted to start a business that would become a legacy for their children and pay tribute to John’s agricultural Swedish upbringing. With these dreams in mind, the couple moved from Portland to Dundee, where they planted the Bergström Vineyard on a gentle, 13-acre, south-facing slope overlooking the wide expanses of the Willamette Valley. In 1999, Josh Bergström, the fourth of five children, returned home to Dundee from a postgraduate program in Viticulture and Enology in the Burgundy region of France. With him, he brought his fiancée Caroline, and the two were married that fall in the Bergström Vineyard. Bergström Wines was also born that year as the young couple harvested their first vintage of Pinot Noir from high-quality fruit purchased from a neighboring winery. Josh is currently our general manager and winemaker at Bergström Wines, and Caroline manages the sales team.
Bergström Wines consists of five estate vineyards totaling 70 acres that span across three of the Willamette Valley’s best appellations: The Bergström Vineyard, Le Pré du Col Vineyard, La Spirale Vineyard, Silice, and Winery Block. Each estate vineyard is farmed without the use of harsh chemicals, systemic or fertilizers, and the winery produces approximately 10,000 cases of ultra-premium and extremely sought-after wine each year, including two Chardonnays, nine different Pinot Noirs, and three Syrahs.
A deep red color, this wine is a noteworthy example of the Chehalem Mountains AVA. Lifted and ethereal, red Dianthus flowers, Hood strawberries, wet stone, Oregon berry pie in the nose. Traces of citrus oils, Tahitian vanilla, and cigar spice. The palate is fruit-forward and piquant with red cherries, allspice, and Linzer cookies. This wine showcases structure, true to the nature of the Chehalem Mountains. An age-worthy and thrilling wine that, in its youth, will present copious stem tannins balanced with juicy red fruits and succulence.
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Varietal Composition | 100% Pinot Noir |
| Appellation | Chehalem Mountains |
| Vineyard | Silice Vineyard |
| Designation | AVA |
| Alcohol | 13.40% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Country of Origin | UNITED STATES |
| State of Origin | Oregon |
| Artificially Carbonated | No |
| Sparkling Wine | No |
The French word for “Silica,” the shiny quartz in sand, Silice has the deepest sandy soils of any of our estate vineyards. This 20-acre vineyard sprawls over four different rolling sandy hillsides in the Chehalem Mountains AVA and most probably is a 60 million-year-old sand dune or beach. Silice sees all-day, unrelenting sun exposure, and strong winds that give the Pinot Noirs spicy powerful notes of gingerbread, cola and sassafras, with a mild savory and pretty floral lift while Silice Chardonnay is textural, bright, and delicate with a citrusy floral bouquet.
