Russian River-based MacMurray Ranch turns to the Central Coast’s Santa Lucia Highlands for Pinot Noir, with admirable results. This is a terrific wine for drinking now, dry and powerful in red fruits, cola and spices, yet elegantly tailored. Might develop for a few years, but best now for youthful exuberance, although you do want to give it three hours in a decanter.——S.H.(3/1/2012)—— 92