Crisp red fruit and orange peel highlight a lengthy and luxurious palate of balanced freshness in this estate-driven wine. Baking spice and forest echo the site's surrounding oasis of trees, giving the wine a meaty, mushroomy earthiness that appeals. (VB)

A bold, voluminous pinot noir, this grows on a cool site with Goldridge soils, in the hills between Sebastopol and Occidental. The wine developed mineral details in the tannins and generous ripeness without feeling over-concentrated. The finish is a little tart and tarry, the wine needing a year or two of bottle age to more fully reveal itself. (JG)