95+ Medium ruby colored, the 2016 Pinot Noir Jessie Vineyard is a touch reticent on the nose, opening to broody scents of black cherries and licorice with notes of herbs, Bergamot and grated baking spice with earthy touches of soil and wet leaves. Medium to full-bodied and wonderfully silky in the mouth, it's packed with layers of ripe fruit, spice and earth. It gives fine, firm tannins and mouthwatering acidity, finishing very long and very layered. This is wonderfully complex with loads of layers—give it some time in bottle to show its best. - Erin Brooks

There’s a sense of resolve from the get-go here with very pure red and darker cherries making a youthful impression. The palate has a succulent and finely detailed array of well-judged tannins that frame the finish very neatly. Good depth and detail here. Drink or hold.

The 2016 Jessie comes from Cristom’s steepest vineyard, an east-facing slope planted in 1994. It’s so attractive that, at first, you may miss its complexity. Sure, it has the Earl Grey tea character that’s typical of Steve Doerner’s whole-cluster style, but it’s surrounded by a bright dark-berry flavor, gentle and clean, lightly propelled by savory spice.

(91 points) Cristom was founded in 1992 and, under winemaker Steve Doerner, was soon recognised as one of Oregon's best Pinot Noir estates. Doerner likes to use about 50% whole clusters. There are four single-vineyard Pinots, and Jessie tends to be more robust and savoury than some of the others. Yet this vintage is exceptionally elegant, with lean red fruits on a nose that's juicy and lifted. It's concentrated but graceful, sustained by fine-grained tannins and invigorating acidity. With its long, sleek finish, this is approachable now but will age well.

(91 points) This is an excellent year for this east-facing block, with bright blackberry and cherry fruit anchored in firm tannins. There's a scent and flavor of chicken stock. Half was whole cluster fermented, and the wine spent 18 months in three-fifths new French oak.