Pale ruby colored, the 2011 Russian Jack Pinot Noir gives ripe raspberry and warm strawberry notes with a touch of milk chocolate. Very youthful, medium bodied and with racy acidity, there's just enough red berry fruit in the mouth and a faint suggestion of tannic texture. It has a medium-long finish. Drink it now through 2013. Importer: The Sorting Table, Napa, CA

Light, fresh and brimming with blueberry and black pepper aromas and flavors, which persist on the finish. Drink now through 2014. 3,000 cases made. -HS

7 The 2009 vintage is shaping up to be a good one for Martinborough Pinot Noir, and this bottling is nicely priced for the quality. It’s herbal, spicy, floral and savory all at once on the nose, then delivers soft waves of dark cherries on the palate. Drink now–2016. ——J.C.(4/1/2011)—— 89