The 2012 Pinot Noir Aliette has an attractive bouquet with expressive red cherries, wild strawberry and cranberry fruit infused with fine dark chocolate and dry tobacco scents that are neatly intertwined. The palate is medium-bodied and masculine in style, but it is nicely poised with rosemary and sage infusing the red berry fruit, with pleasing weight and persistence on the finish that exerts a gentle grip. Fine.