The 2012 Pinot Noir Premier Cuvée comes from six vineyard sites and is designed to represent the vintage rather than individual site (it constitutes around half the estate's production.) Matured for ten months in 30% new French oak barrels, it has a pleasant blackberry and raspberry-scented bouquet, nicely focused, clean and pure with just a dab of wild mushroom. The palate is medium-bodied with uncomplicated boysenberry, dried fig and raspberry coulis bouquet that segues nicely into a balanced palate: slightly grainy in texture with a conservative but fresh finish. Enjoy this over the next 4 or 5 years.