Gary Farrell, Russian River Valley (Sonoma County, California) Pinot Noir 2010

Soft and silky as it is, this wine still throbs with energy and fills the palate with a profusion of fruit flavors that begs the taster to take another sip.  And another.  And… well, you get the idea:  This Pinot Noir is very inviting.  It has clearly been made from grapes that have achieved just the perfect degree of ripeness for Pinot instead of tilting into the heavy, overripe, jammy territory.  In addition to its lovely layers of fruit flavors the wine has appealing hints of earth, plus a zip of cleansing acidity on the finish.