Item Number: 6172 UPC: None

Country: USA
Region: Oregon Sub Region: Willamette Valley
Appellation/AVA: Chehalem Mountains
Vineyard Designation: Olenik 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: Marine sediment
Although adjacent to Lia’s, Olenik is its masculine counterpoint. Big structure and dark fruit typify this vineyard. Almost seems like it belongs in the 2009 set of wines. It is a powerful wine with an enormous, explosive blast of fruit and minerals on the palate. It's a monster, but with a charming side!

93pts (2011 vintage) Wine Advocate 10/2013
"Blackberry, cassis, cherry, high-toned citrus oils, and peat pungently scent the J. Christopher 2011 Pinot Noir Olenik Vineyard, which comes to the palate with sap and grip, its tannins more noticeable than in other wines of this collection but still fine-grained. There is a glowing intensity of cherry pit piquancy here that furthers an impressively penetrating, lusciously fruity and invigoratingly zesty, energetic finish. I can’t imagine this running out of juice or electricity before 2022."