Here’s a big, dark, ripe and oaky Pinot Noir, brimming with cherry pie, raspberry Newton, oatmeal cookie and Asian spice flavors. It’s a little soft in acids and tannic, but dry and silky. Try aging until at least 2011, and should develop additional bottle complexity through 2014.——S.H.(3/1/2010)—— 89

Best to give this young Pinot a year or two in the cellar, because it’s a little too closed to completely enjoy now. It doesn’t show the generosity of the ’01 or ’05, but is more tannic and a little earthier. Should mellow through 2009 and let the cherry flavors emerge.——S.H.(12/1/2008)—— 87

From 30-year-old vines, this is a silky-smooth Pinot with dark fruit flavors. Plum and black cherries crowd the palate, graced by dried spices and coffee notes.——W.E.(10/1/2003)—— 88