The 2012 Ribbon Springs Vineyard Pinot Noir comes from estate fruit on sedimentary soils and sees 29% new oak. It has a perfumed bouquet with boysenberry and raspberry fruit, all well defined with touches of orange blossom. The palate is quite structured on the entry, although it is not masculine, rather solid and perhaps you could say "big boned." It is fresh and nicely poised with a touch of bitter cherry toward the finish. I would afford this a couple of years in bottle to allow those tannins to soften.