My favorite wine from the Bethel Heights 2021 vintage, the Casteel Pinot Noir features a raspberry core with a neon pink rim. It sees 40% new French oak barrels for a period of 11 months. It glides across the palate with amazing balance and tension, focusing on those lush red fruits, lemon zest, plum skin, wet-tilled earth, vanilla bean, Earl Gray tea, and crushed stone flavors and aromas. Rounded sweet tannins and perfect levels of acidity finish things off. A lovely wine. Only 415 cases were made.
| Rating | Value | Drink |
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| 95 |
$80 |
2023-2033 |
| Country | Region | Appellation |
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| United States |
Oregon |
Willamette Valley, Eola-Amity Hills |
| Editor | Issue | Importer |
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| J. Young |
March, 2023 |
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