Item Number: 6171 UPC: None

Country: USA
Region: Oregon Sub Region: Willamette Valley
Appellation/AVA: Chehalem Mountains
Vineyard Designation: Lia's Vineyard
Vintage: 2010
Grape(s): 100% Pinot Noir
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Case Production: 100
Alc by Vol(%): 13
Soil Type: Volcanic
Jay calls it "the Abbey Ridge of Chehalem Mountain." Lia’s Vineyard lies just up the hill from Olenik on Chehalem Mountain, but has a completely different soil that produces a more delicate, elegant style. Lia’s shows the terroir of the Chehalem AVA with riper more fruit forward structure but has an elegance that gives it a more feminine quality.

91pts (2011 vintage) Wine Advocate (10/2013)
"Suggestions of sassafras, ginger and root beer mingle with fresh plum and cherry in the J. Christopher 2011 Pinot Noir Lia’s Vineyard, whose richness of texture, subtle creaminess and expansiveness mark the riper character of this site, but are combined with a bit less refinement or high-toned complexity than harbored by many of this collection’s other Pinots. There is a vintage-typical bit of tartness in the finish, for now slightly detached. But this has length and depth already and is likely to gain in interest and harmony over at least the next half dozen years."