Exhibits a generous core of fleshy blackberry and wild berry flavors, giving this depth and dimension. Finishes with a long, elegant, juicy aftertaste.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond Sweet tobacco, earthiness, leather, and smoke all open up in the 2016 Pinot Noir Barbieri Vineyard. This is an especially dark, meaty style, but it all works very nicely. I would give the 2016 a few more months in bottle as there is quite a bit of tannin that needs time to soften. The Barbieri speaks with tons of character.

Pale ruby-purple colored, the 2016 Pinot Noir Barbieri Vineyard offers notions of red roses and baked cherries with hints of cranberry sauce and tilled soil plus a waft of mossy bark. Medium-bodied with a plush, delicate frame of soft tannins and background acid, it fills the palate with earthy and red fruit layers, finishing long and savory.

2016 PINOT NOIR, BARBIERI VINEYARD The nose is cherry, dense blackberry, espresso, lavender and tobacco. The palate entry is a bold, saturated and sleek black fruit through the core. Beautiful structure of cranberry and silky notes of cocoa.

Demure and lightly earthy in forest and cardamom, this wine is defined by that underlying spiciness and a lengthy background of oak. Its balanced take on fruit includes strong twists of orange and wild strawberry.

2016 PINOT NOIR, PERRY RANCH VINEYARD The nose is a candied marzipan and cherry lozenge along with soy, cedar and clay. The palate is a full, ripe red fruit – raspberry, cherry and plum with dense silkiness in the core. Gains in the glass, filling out the finish with a firm black cherry, integrated acidity and polished ripeness.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond The 2016 Pinot Noir Pratt Vineyard-Sexton Road shows the more overt side of the Russian River Valley. Black cherry, plum, spice, leather, tobacco, and menthol are all given a kick of energy by bright acids that keep the wine from being heavy. Dark, pliant and inviting, the 2016 has so much to offer.

Oregon: An Embarrassment of Riches and Richness Deep, bright-hued red. Dark berries and cherry-cola on the highly perfumed, mineral-tinged nose. Juicy and appealingly sweet, offering palate-staining black raspberry, cherry preserve and floral pastille flavors and a touch of spiciness. Chewy and incisive on the impressively persistent finish, featuring building tannins, a smoky nuance and lingering florality.

The 2016 Pinot Noir Hawks View Vineyard is light to medium ruby in color with a tinge of purple, beautifully scented of fresh red cherries and redcurrants with intriguing layers of blood orange and red flowers, touches of crushed rock and spice. The palate is light to medium-bodied, offering cola, wood smoke and floral notes with very fine tannins and refreshing acidity, finishing long and very lovely.

From a steep vineyard near the eastern edge of the appellation, this effort by Santa Rosa-based Adam Lee offers composting rose petals, bright red cherry and a hint of game on the nose. There's a gamy kick to the palate as well, giving depth to the cherry and dried ginger flavors.

Vivid ruby-red. An expansive exotically perfumed bouquet evokes ripe dark berries potpourri smoky minerals and Moroccan and Asian spices. Sappy and focused on the palate offering juicy blackberry and cherry liqueur five-spice powder and cola flavors and a hint of candied rose. Fleshy and energetic in style showing youthfully chewy texture strong closing thrust and slow-mounting tannins on the clinging finish.

Moderately dark garnet color in the glass. Intriguing aromas of dark berry mash, oak spice and rose petal. Sleek and sexy in the mouth in a mid weight plus style with waves of purple and blackberry fruits underlain with vibrant acidity. The whole package is harmonious with an uplifting finish.

Sultry and elegantly integrated aromas of purple flower and black raspberry decorate the nose of this single-vineyard expression by veteran Adam Lee. Pungent fruit shows on the palate, where baked black cherry and boysenberry are lifted by wild thyme and chaparral spice.

Bright ruby. An expressive bouquet of red and blue fruits, cola, candied rose and vanilla carries an intense mineral overtone. Concentrated yet energetic in the mouth, showing excellent clarity and strong thrust to the spice-laced black raspberry, boysenberry and floral pastille flavors. Becomes nervier on the gently tannic finish, which hangs on with impressive, minerally tenacity.

Santa Cruz Mountains and the Santa Lucia Highlands From a site right next to Garys' that was planted in 2008, the 2016 Pinot Noir Soberanes Vineyard was completely destemmed and spent 11 months (slightly less time in barrel) in 40% new French oak. It's a rich, voluptuous effort that has loads of mulberries, cranberries, spicy herbs, and underbrush aromas and flavors. Deep, medium to full-bodied and just loaded with fruit, it's a pleasure-bent effort that also has balance and class.

Bright-rimmed ruby. Powerful blackberry, cherry and spicecake flavors show very good clarity and pick up suggestions of licorice, cola and mocha as the wine opens up. In a plush, expansive style, showing impressive depth to the sappy, smoke-accented red and dark berry flavors. A spine of juicy acidity lends support to the wine's ripe fruit and drives a very long, sweet finish framed by smooth, harmonious tannins.

Rosella’s Vineyard is long and narrow and runs up the hill from east to west, giving variety of character from block to block. Siduri seems to have chosen from cooler blocks here. Cherry and rhubarb aromas are forward initially, with fall spice and some stemmy character adding interest. It’s well integrated from start to finish already, and there’s great push of flavor after the liquid is gone. A classy, feminine yet strong presentation. Girl power!

Dark bright-hued ruby. Expansive aromas of red and dark berry preserves, allspice and incense pick up a suave floral nuance with aeration. Fleshy and seamless on the palate, offering mineral-tinged raspberry and blueberry flavors that put on weight with air. Finishes seamless, sweet and very long, featuring an echo of sweet red fruit, supple tannins and lingering florality.

Succulent red cherry, plum, licorice, lavender, rose petal, mint and blood orange infuse the 2016 Pinot Noir Parsons' Vineyard. Intensely sweet and perfumed, with layers of pliant fruit to match its alluring personality. This is one of the most complete and captivating wines I have ever tasted at Siduri.

2016 PINOT NOIR, PARSONS VINEYARD The nose is espresso, chocolate husk and blackberry tart. The palate is a juicy plum, cherry and cranberry with a full-bodied core of plum and blue fruit in a mouth-coating finish.

2016 PINOT NOIR, VAN DER KAMP VINEYARD The nose is cherry, licorice, violet, soy and lavender. The palate entry shows firm acidity, violet pastille, blue plum and silky texture finishing with some green herbs and wild grape.

Dark bright-rimmed red. Sexy, expansive red fruit, sandalwood, five-spice powder and candied rose scents show excellent clarity and pick up a hint of smokiness with air. Sweet and focused on the palate, offering juicy raspberry, cherry and spicecake flavors that deepen steadily on the back half. Densely packed but lively as well, showing intense berry and floral character on a smooth, subtly tannic, red-fruit-dominated finish.

Adam Lee's Sonoma based Pinot Noir specialty house reaches north for this richly textured, well-integrated offering. Black cherry, turned field and brown spice aromas and flavors balance nicely together, with taut acidity keeping the ripe fruit singing the melody and carrying it through a long finish with the supporting players delivering a satisfying coda.

Coming from the central part of the Willamette Valley, the 2015 Pinot Noir Yamhill-Carlton comes from two vineyards (Gran Moraine and Gran Moraine Estate Vineyards) and sees just a touch of whole cluster. It's one of the larger production cuvees yet still ends up being a cellar selection due to the amount of fruit they work with. Darker in color than the Chehalem Mountains release, it offers more black raspberries, black cherry, cranberry, sappy herbs and earth in a medium-bodied, silky, polished, very juicy style. With impressive purity, an elegant texture, fine tannin and a good finish, it's reminiscent of an elegant Gevrey. I was able to taste Adam Lee’s full-lineup for this report, including his Russian River Valley, Sonoma and Oregon releases. It’s a big lineup, but there’s some gorgeous Pinot Noirs here. I’ve listed the wines in the order tasted, starting with Oregon, followed by Sonoma, Russian River Valley, Santa Lucia Highlands and Sta. Rita Hills.

Adam is proud of this cuvée and it comes from a multitude of different clones picked all together as a field blend. This was partially inspired by a trip to the Southern Rhône where field blends are common, and the 2015 Pinot Noir Saralee's Vineyard offers a deeper ruby color to go with classic notes of ripe berry fruits, leafy herbs, smoked earth and licorice. Showing more and more dark fruit with air, it has medium to full-bodied richness, tons of fruit and a rounded, straight up delicious texture. I was able to taste Adam Lee’s full-lineup for this report, including his Russian River Valley, Sonoma and Oregon releases. It’s a big lineup, but there’s some gorgeous Pinot Noirs here. I’ve listed the wines in the order tasted, starting with Oregon, followed by Sonoma, Russian River Valley, Santa Lucia Highlands and Sta. Rita Hills.