Medium ruby-purple, the 2019 Pinot Noir Pastorale Vineyard has alluring aromas of blackberry jam, raspberry, dried citrus, spice and potpourri. Medium-bodied, the palate is silky and plush with a balance of intense fruit and uplifting freshness, and it finishes very long and layered.

Medium ruby in color, the 2018 Pinot Noir Pastorale Vineyard opens slowly to alluring scents of blood orange, licorice, autumn leaves and intense layers of amaro spices with a core of perfectly ripe red and black fruits, continuing to offer more nuance as it sits in the glass. The light-bodied palate is incredibly silky and juicy, its tannins defined and ripe and its flavors full and layered, and it finishes very long with kaleidoscopic spicy character. What a gorgeous expression! It was aged 14 months in 50% new French oak, and 2,425 cases were made.

The 2017 Pinot Noir Pastorale Vineyard aged 13 months in 52% new French oak and was bottled a week before I tasted it. It has a medium ruby color, and although shy to begin, it gives way to broody aromas of perfumed earth and cardamom with a core of black cherries, black berries and red fruits with tons of floral accents. Light to medium-bodied, it has lots of latent ripe fruit in the mouth, with lovely earth and perfume accents, framed with a silky texture, great freshness and a long, layered finish. Give this time! 2,300 cases produced.

The 2016 Pinot Noir Pastorale Vineyard is medium to deep ruby-purple colored and offers up black raspberries and warm cranberry scents with nuances of red roses, oolong tea, underbrush and black truffles. The medium-bodied palate reveals very soft, silky, super ripe tannins, with a racy backbone supporting the intense black and red berry layers, finishing long and earthy. 2,430 cases produced.

Planted in 1999-2002 to a heavy mix of Calera and 777 clones, the Pastorale Pinot Noir was produced this year using 25% whole clusters. Medium to deep ruby-purple colored, the 2015 Pinot Noir Pastorale Vineyard has a fragrant nose of violets, dried leaves and bay leaves over a core of red currant jelly, kirsch and pomegranate. Medium-bodied, it has a solid frame of ripe, fine-grained tannins and lively acid supporting the intense red fruit and earth flavor layers, finishing long with an herbal lift.