Refined and well-knit, with elegantly layered cherry, green tea and cardamom flavors that linger toward polished tannins. Drink now through 2024. 3,704 cases made.??–TF??Region: Oregon / Willamette Valley Select to Add

Delicate and tangy, with crisp cherry, green tea and orange zest flavors that glide along the finish. Drink now through 2022. 200 cases made.??–TF??Region: Oregon / Willamette Valley Select to Add

The 2013 Pinot Noir Elizabeth's Reserve underwent a four to six day skin maceration and was matured for ten months in 31% new French oak. It offers raspberry and pomegranate scents on the nose, before changing tack towards hints of iodine and even boot polish. The palate is lithe and fresh in the mouth - succulent tannin and bright red cherry and strawberry fruit to the fore. Harmonious with good length, this is one of the best releases from Adelsheim this year.

Mint and green olive notes weave through the blackberry and gentle spice flavors, picking up intensity as the medium-weight finish plays against refined tannins. Best from 2016 through 2020. 2,261 cases made.??–HS??Region: Oregon / Willamette Valley Select to Add

The 2012 Pinot Noir Elizabeth's Reserve comes from 70% estate and 30% purchased fruit and is considered to be Adelsheim's flagship wine. The vineyard blocks are kept separate or can be separate themselves so that they can end up with up to 50 lots to create a wine that stands alone and not something representing a single block. Matured in 31% new oak, this has a very perfumed bouquet with small dark cherries, hints of cassis and blueberry developing. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent ripe tannin, well-judged acidity and a powdery-textured finish that is fresh and quite mineral-driven. This is a fine Pinot Noir, though I find as much to appreciate in the regular Pinot Noir.