From a family-run estate located in the heart of the Russian River, the deeper, richer 2016 Pinot Noir Parsons' Vineyard leads with serious amounts of fruit and richness. Black raspberries, red and black currants, spice, flowers, and forest floor characteristics give way to a sweetly fruited, medium to full-bodied, ready-to-go beauty that’s going to drink nicely for 7-8 years.

Medium-light to medium ruby; attractive, forward, earthy, dark cherry and red berry fruit aroma with a hint of dried herbs; medium to medium-full body; nicely balanced, firmly structured, red and dark fruit flavors with bright acidity, a hint of cola, and a rich mouthfeel; medium tannin; lingering aftertaste. Enjoyable now as it developed with airing in the glass, though also deserving a few more years of bottle aging. Very highly recommended.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond Siduri's 2016 Pinot Noir Ewald Vineyard is bright, punchy and endowed with a lovely sense of energy that perks up the red cherry and raspberry fruit. Medium in body and refreshing, the 2016 will drink well right out of the gage. This is understated Pinot from Siduri is nicely done.

The 2016 Pinot Noir Van Der Kamp Vineyard is gracious and airy in the glass, with lovely aromatic complexity and less overt fruit than is found in many of the other wines in the range. Readers should expect a gracious, understated style. Here, too, my impression is that the wine will be even better in another few months, once the whole clusters assimilate into the wine more fully.

Medium-light to medium ruby; attractive, forward, ripe, raspberry and dark cherry fruit aroma with hints of dried herbs, cola, and baking spices; medium to medium-full body; moderately rich, fleshy, red fruit flavors with bright acidity; medium tannin; lingering aftertaste. Deserves a few more years of bottle aging. Very highly recommended.

Well-focused on a core of ripe plum, cherry and red and dark berry flavors, supported by dusty, fine-grained tannins that give this pleasant oomph.

The 2016 Pinot Noir Lingenfelder Vineyard is laced with dried cherry, rose petal, spice, mint and lavender. Silky and medium in body, the 2015 has terrific purity of fruit. The 2016 appears to still be recovering from its recent bottling a few months ago. The 30% whole clusters are nicely integrated, even at this early stage.

The 2016 Pinot Noir Lingenfelder Vineyard is pale to medium ruby-purple colored, offering lovely black cherries, mulberries and wild blueberries notions with hints of dried herbs and underbrush. Medium-bodied with a beautiful plush texture and seamless freshness, it has loads of red and black fruit layers with a compelling floral note to the finish.

2016 PINOT NOIR, LINGENFELDER VINEYARD The nose is a powdered blueberry, pepper and clay. The palate is an indelibly robust herb-laden blue plum and earthy olive, mineral dryness.

Medium-light to medium ruby; attractive, deep, fragrant, herbal, currant, red cherry, and strawberry fruit aroma with hints of cola and cinnamon stick; medium to medium-full body; forward, earthy, nicely balanced, elegantly styled, red fruit flavors with spicy richness in the mouthfeel; medium tannin; lingering aftertaste. Very enjoyable to drink now, though worthy of several more years of bottle aging. Very highly recommended.

This is a complex, muscular wine, with good aging potential. The nose carries a whiff of animal (in a good way) and the black fruits are buoyed with generous acidity. Cellar Selection.

The nose is a precise and penetrating perfume of red cherry, spice box and graphite. The palate is lean and steely graphite with waxy notes of black fruit finishing with dry, spicy red fruit.

Plump and loaded with polished fruit, offering black raspberry and cherry flavors, with spice and cinnamon accents that linger on the finish.

Deep red. A highly fragrant bouquet evokes fresh dark berries, rose oil and peppery spices, and a note of cola emerges with air. Juicy, focused and seamless on the palate, offering lively boysenberry and bitter cherry flavors that turn sweeter as the wine stretches out. Shows energetic lift and very good clarity on a long, gently tannic finish that leaves a zesty white pepper note behind.

This opaque and very dark purple colored Pinot Noir from Oregon is very good. It opens with a mild blackberry bouquet. On the palate, this wine is medium to full bodied, nicely balanced, juicy and comes alive. Its flavor profile is a very tasty blueberry and cherry blend with notes of nicely integrated minerality and light oak. I also detected a hint of clove towards the end. The finish is dry and its moderate tannins are manageable, but stick around for quite some time for a Pinot. This wine is very tasty and will not last long. I would pair it with beef bourguignon. Very good+.

Oregon: Pinot Still King Even In Hot 2015 and 2014 Vintages Pure aromas of cherries, raspberries and light tobacco. Rose petals, too. Medium to full body, round tannins and a crispy finish. Fruit forward. Drink now. Screw cap.

I found the nose of the Siduri to be deep and hedonistic, offering sweet cherry, cola, ink, cassis, kirsch and rose. It’s full bodied with smooth and plush tannin and bright acidity, everything appearing in good balance that I think will improve even more with time. Flavors are tarter than the nose, delivering cherry, cranberry, huckleberry, wet pavement, pastel florals and a small dose of wet soil. 91 pts, value B+.

Generous on the palate, this wine from the famous site is ripe with wild strawberry and pomegranate fruit and accented with the distinct spiciness of cardamom. It displays its youth through assertive tannins and oak-derived scents, layering the thick finish with cinnamon bark.

2015 PINOT NOIR, SARALEE’S VINEYARD A hard cranberry, peach, plum and crushed blackberry. The palate entry is sleek and polished with a velvety core of red plum and cedar mocha. Nice texture in the finish.

One of the highlights in this range, the 2015 Pinot Noir Bellflower Vineyard is rich, creamy and seductive, all of which give it considerable appeal. Dark cherry, plum, licorice and lavender notes are pushed to the foreground. Sumptuous and bold, the Bellflower has just enough aromatic nuance and texture to keep things in some sort of balance. The 2015 will appeal most to readers who enjoy dark, ample wines.

2015 PINOT NOIR, BELLFLOWER VINEYARD The nose is a powerfully scented mélange of stems, bark and dried berries, faint mint and brown spice. The palate is somewhat reticent on entry with piquant raspberry in the core with notes of cranberry and bright cherry, cedar.

Medium ruby; attractive, deep, earthy, black cherry and dark berry fruit aroma with a hint of anise; medium to medium-full body; forward, rich, ripe, dark berry fruit flavors with some suppleness in the mouthfeel; medium tannin; lingering aftertaste. Easy and enjoyable to drink now, though best to age for a few more years. Very highly recommended.

Dark garnet color in the glass. The nose is somewhat primary, offering only hints of berry pie, wilted rose and sweet oak. Sweet-fruited and rich, offering an array of highly extracted black fruit flavors along with notes of black tea and anise. Nicely integrated tannins and oak with a juicy, generously fruited finish.

Fruit-forward and powerful with loads of dried strawberries and citrus fruit. Full-bodied, dense and very fruity. This is for those that love the super fruity style. Drink now. Screw cap.

Moderate garnet color in the glass. Pedigreed fruit runs through this wine that features aromas and flavors of strawberry and black cherry fruits with a thread of tobacco oak. Impressive length in the mouth and a drawn out finish in a middleweight style that is welcoming and forward drinking.