The delicate, perfumed 2014 Rachel Pinot Noir features florals, spice and orange zest layered over cherries. It's a succulent, medium-bodied Pinot Noir, with silky but persistent tannins that give a softly dusty feel to the finish. It's ready to drink and should hold nicely at this level for a few more years.

Pale to medium ruby colored, the 2013 Rachel Pinot Noir has an earthy nose of loam, moss-covered bark and garrigue with a core of raspberry leaves, red currants and wild thyme. The medium-bodied palate offers intense red berry and earth flavors with a solid backbone of grainy tannins and lively acid, finishing with great length.

Aged for 15months in French oak barriques, 35% new, the 2010 Rachel Pinot Noir has a medium ruby-purple color and displays aromas of red currants, mulberries and white pepper with hints of tree bark, toast and moss. Medium-bodied and with a good amount of red berry and earthy flavors, it has a low level of finely grained tannins, lively acid and a long finish. Drinking well now, it should keep to 2015+. I tasted a few of Seresin’s single vineyard 2009 Pinot Noirs again this year, to check how they were developing now that they were entering their drinking window. In short, it is well worth waiting a year after release before readers consider drinking these wines! Importer: The Sorting Table, Napa, CA

Fermented with wild yeast and aged for 15 months in French barriques, 35% new, the 2009 Rachel Pinot Noir casts a medium ruby-purple color and gives notes of fresh blackberries and black cherries with an undercurrent of black truffles, loam and forest floor plus a hint of menthol. Full bodied and generously fruited in the mouth, it is well structured with a medium level of tight-knit, grainy tannins and crisp acidity. The finish is long and earthy. Drink this one now to 2016+. Importer: The Sorting Table, Napa, CA