Bigger-bodied and more boldly-fruited if less subtly or alluringly-scented and flavored than any corresponding Penner-Ash offering, the Alexana 2010 Pinot Noir Revana Vineyard features cinnamon- and nutmeg-tinged sweet cherry. Not only forward but unusually plush for its vintage (perhaps in part, suggests Lynn Penner-Ash, due to the proclivity of many Dundee Hills sites to promote relatively high pH even in a year like this), this finishes with modest but attractive persistence and ought to satisfy for at least 3-4 years. I tasted the formidably priced recent releases of Dr. Madaiah Revana’s six-year-old, Dundee Hills Alexana project (named for his daughter, and with its 56 acres of vines located on Warden Hill) in the company of Lynn Penner-Ash, who has been overseeing vinification at her facility. (The Revana Family Vineyard in Napa relied until last year on a similar collaboration with Heidi Peterson Barrett.) For the impending harvest, this estate will operate out of its own new facility and Penner-Ash says her involvement will become “l(fā)ess hands-on.”Tel. (503) 554-5545

The medium ruby red 2009 Pinot Noir Revana Vineyard was aged in 16% new French oak. It exhibits aromas of damp earth, spice box, brown sugar, incense, and assorted red fruits. Supple on the palate with ample but slightly superficial red fruit flavors, it is in need of greater depth and concentration, a common issue in the 2009 vintage. Drink it over the next 6-7 years. Dr. Madaiah Revana, the proprietor of Alexana Winery, employs veteran vigneron Lynn Penner-Ash as his winemaker.Tel. (503) 852-3013; www.alexanawines.com

The cherry red 2007 Pinot Noir Revana Vineyard offers up an exceptionally alluring perfume of cinnamon,, clove, smoke, cherry, and raspberry. On the palate this elegant effort is seamless with well-integrated oak and tannin. Round (a rarity in this edgy vintage), ripe, flavorful, and impeccably balanced, this stylish Pinot Noir will provide pleasure over the next 8-10 years. Dr. Madaiah Revana, the proprietor of Alexana Winery, made the enlightened choice of Lynn Penner-Ash as his winemaker. She has seen many different weather challenges during her time in Willamette Valley and knew just what to do with those presented in 2007.www.alexanawines.com

The winemaker for the Alexana label is Lynn Penner-Ash.www.alexanawines.com