The 2009 Pinot Noir Brosseau Vineyard is a big, dramatic wine layered with expressive dark fruit, licorice, new leather, anise and white flowers, all of which come together beautifully on its large-scaled frame. Powerful tannins frame the fruit on the virile, imposing finish. The balance of fruit, acidity and tannin is first-rate. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2019. I tasted a wide range of wines from Tantara, including a whopping 12 different Pinots. I can certainly understand the appeal of vinifying small lots of fruit from a large number of top sites in the Central Coast, but it must be a huge challenge to properly supervise the growing of fruit in sites that run from Arroyo Grande to the Santa Lucia Highlands. These 2009 Pinots suggest a little more focus on fewer appellations might not be a bad thing.Tel. (805) 938-5051; Fax (805) 938-0036; tantarawinery.com