Beautiful Pinot, just beguiling. Softly tannic and silky, it shows lush, complex flavors of cherries, raspberries, anise and smoky oak that are absolutely delicious now. The tannin-acid structure is firm and will enable the wine to age. Should develop additional bottle complexities after 2012. From this very fine vineyard, owned by Buena Vista.——S.H.(4/1/2009)—— 93