The 2019 Pinot Noir Pisoni Vineyard has a unique expression, with layered, pleasantly rustic scents of dried red cherries and cranberries, dried herbs, bitters and desiccated roses. The light-bodied palate is seamless and finessed, its dusty tannins, bright acidity and layered fruits merging into a seamless, lengthy finish.

Aged 16 months in 48% new French oak, the 2016 Pinot Noir Pisoni Vineyard has a medium ruby color and slowly offers nuanced scents of rose petal, sage, crushed stone, Bing cherries and bright red berry fruit with accents of amaro and bitter citrus peel. Medium-bodied, it's wonderfully silky and perfumed with a gently chalky frame and addicting freshness, finishing long and nuanced. An elegant, perfumed style. 250 cases were made.

From one of the warmest sites in the Santa Lucia Highlands and granite soils, the 175-case 2014 Pinot Noir Pisoni Vineyard was mostly destemmed (10% whole clusters) and spent 15 months in 27% new French oak. It offers textbook Pinot Noir notes of kirsch, blackberries, wild herbs and cedary spice in a full-bodied, concentrated, impeccably structured and balanced profile. My notes finished with "serious wine," and while it certainly offers pleasure today, it will be even better with short term cellaring, and I suspect it will still be drinking nicely in 2028.

A big, structured, medium to full-bodied effort, the 2013 Pinot Noir Pisoni Vineyard was completely destemmed and aged 16 months in 46% new French oak. Offering up lots of granite-like minerality, cassis, smoked earth and ripe herbs, it has beautiful mid-palate depth and fine tannin, all of which give it a chiseled, focused feel. Give it 2-3 years.

Normally the most powerful in the line, the 2012 Pinot Noir Pisoni Vineyard is more supple and mid-weight than previous vintages, with plenty of sweet cherry and strawberry fruit, spice, underbrush and floral notes all flowing to a medium-bodied, elegantly textured profile on the palate. Possessing a core of sweet fruit, with a nicely focused feel and good length, it should be consumed over the coming 4-5 years.