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