One of the better California Pinot Noirs I have tasted this year, this spicy but legitimately dry wine offers a multitude of fresh fruit flavors that never turn sappy or candied. It has an impressive structure (due to appropriate levels of both acid and tannin), and so is very well-balanced on the palate. I suspect that it will age nicely, but I would not hesitate to drink it now.
Davis Bynum, Russian River Valley (Sonoma County, California) Pinot Noir 2009
By Paul Lukacs