Laurier Vineyards, Los Carneros (California) Pinot Noir 2012

This shows impressive balance between dark-toned fruit notes and savory accents, lending a very impressive degree of complexity for such a young wine at such a reasonable price.  The acidity is unusually prominent for a Carneros Pinot, but shows itself in a very welcome way, providing lots of energy to the wine and impressive persistence to its finish.  I suspect that many blind tasters would have difficulty guessing whether this is a New- or Old-World Pinot, which in my view is high praise for a young California wine.  Platinum award winner at the 2014 San Diego International Wine Competition.