The medium ruby-colored 2007 Pinot Noir Thea’s Selection is an elegantly styled wine featuring toasty red fruits, spice box, and floral notes. Smooth-textured and easy-going on the palate, this nicely balanced effort will drink well over the next 6 years. Lemelson Vineyards’ 2007 Pinot Noirs are not quite up to the level achieved in the less challenging 2006 vintage. Nevertheless, it is a solid set of wines. Tel. (503) 852-6619; www.lemelsonvineyards.com

Here are bright, fruity scents and flavors of roses, cherries and red berries. The herbal underpinning is there, but it’s been nicely smoothed, with soft, slightly leathery tannins, a dusting of cocoa, and just enough forest floor material to give the finish some depth.——P.G.(12/15/2009)—— 89