The 2009 Pinot Noir Temperance Hill Vineyard exhibits an herbal quality characteristic of this cool site and was not harvested until November. Savory, ripe, and impeccably balanced, it reveals considerable depth and richness for the vintage as well as plenty of complexity. Give it 1-2 years of cellaring and drink it through 2019. Josh Bergstrom now has 5 estate vineyards encompassing 85 acres in 5 AVAs. He has decided to stop working with Riesling (despite the high quality) and focus entirely on Chardonnay in his white wine program.Tel. (503) 554-0463; www.bergstromwinery.com

The 2008 Pinot Noir Temperance Hill Vineyard is dark ruby in color with an expressive display of spicy/peppery aromas, smoke, black cherry, and black berry. This leads to an elegant, sweetly-fruited wine with considerable underlying structure giving the wine several years of aging potential. Precise and focused, this tasty, lengthy effort will deliver prime drinking from 2013 to 2023. Josh Bergstrom continues to progress toward his goal of working entirely with estate-grown Pinot Noir. Gone are single vineyard cuvees from the Durant, Nysa, and Hyland Vineyards. He has also become increasingly focused on Chardonnay believing that Willamette Valley is capable of producing world-class wines from this varietal.www.bergstromwinery.com