One of the ripest Farrell Pinots I’ve ever tasted, this bottling, from the well-known Allen Vineyard, is enormously fruity. It was a very hot, fast vintage, and the fruit here is enormously rich, almost dessert-like in baked cherry pie and rum-soaked currant flavors. It is, however, fully dry. Drink this decadent Pinot with beef tenderloin served in a wine or fruit reduction sauce. ——S.H.(8/1/2006)—— 92