Chehalem Three Vineyard Pinot Noir (Screwcap) 2015 2021 Medium straw with green-gold highlights

Medium straw with green-gold highlights

We like very slow

It has very light soil and the purest blue slate of any Mosel vineyard

and some blue fruit chimes in

Bottled unfiltered

Chehalem Three Vineyard Pinot Noir (Screwcap) 2015 2021 Medium straw with green-gold highlightsLike 2012 Three Vineyard in size, but sleeker, this vintage is deeply colored, seriously structured with perfect balance, light silk nap tannin and a firmness and richness of sweetness, glove leather and bing cherries; although a bit closed in its youth, this brilliant wine exhibits cherry Danish, brioche, baking cocoa, meatiness, dusty plum, pomegranate, pipe tobacco, smokiness, minerality and spices; portends well for later 2014 releases.