2022 Nicolas-Jay Bishop Creek Yamhill Carlton Pinot Noir, Oregon

Brambleberries picked roadside unite with figs and dried strawberries to create an aromatic dream team. The wine's elegant texture and balanced mix of restrained alcohol, citrusy acidity and silky tannins make each sip a pleasure. Those sips are rewarded with flavors of juicy red raspberries, lemon zest and a mildly chalky note. Pair this wine with whatever makes you happy.

96 points Michael Alberty wineenthusiast.com

This is delicate and fragrant, revealing layers of crushed red berries, orange peel, fresh flowers and a hint of dried herbs. The medium-bodied palate is polished and refined, with racy acidity, firm, well-structured tannins and a fresh, lingering finish that highlights its finesse. Better from 2027.

95 points jamessuckling.com

Nicolas Jay Bishop Creek Pinot Noir is one of Oregon’s most quietly thrilling single vineyard wines, coming from the Yamhill Carlton AVA where ancient marine sedimentary soils and cool Pacific air create Pinot Noir of remarkable perfume and savoury depth. Bishop Creek sits on these uplifted seabed soils rich in sandstone and siltstone, giving the wine its signature earthy, spicy backbone beneath the bright red fruit. Nicolas Jay is a partnership between Burgundian icon Jean Nicolas Méo of Domaine Méo Camuzet and music producer Jay Boberg, a collaboration built on a shared love of terroir driven Pinot Noir and old world precision brought into the Willamette Valley.

In the glass the wine shows a translucent ruby colour, opening with aromas of wild strawberry, red cherry, rose petal, forest floor and gentle baking spice. The palate is silky and finely layered, delivering juicy red berries, savoury earth and fine, powdery tannins that carry through to a long, mineral tinged finish. It is beautifully suited to roast duck, lamb, mushroom dishes and grilled salmon, and it has the structure to age gracefully for ten to fifteen years, gaining more truffle, dried flower and spice complexity over time.