The 2009 Pinot Noir Corral Creek is an uncomplicated but very tasty, smooth-textured offering with savory flavors, good depth, and a medium-long finish. Drink it over the next 6-7 years. Chehalem's new Pinot Noir releases are uniformly excellent to outstanding. Chehalem invests considerable effort into its white wine program. While these wines are not the focus of this report, they merit mentioning because every one of them is a very good to outstanding value: Tel. (503) 538-9396; www.chehalemwines.com