Smooth, lush and deep with classic flavors and lovely texture; ripe, juicy and long.

Like a fresh-picked cherry off the tree, the aromatic entry into this appellation wine is compelling and memorable in Proustian ways. Medium bodied, it's a highly quaffable experience, sultry on the palate while maintaining bright of acidity that ping-pongs between lush and lean.

This gentle, complex white offers lovingly crafted waves of tropical lychee and golden-apple minerality, with bites of wet stone, gravel and lemon. Balanced in acidity and a lightness of being, it's meant for the table or kitchen, to sip happily while making a meal.

Vivid ruby. Energetic and focused on the nose, displaying vibrant aromas of ripe red and dark berries, violet and pungent flowers, along with suggestions of vanilla and cocoa powder. Juicy and seamless on the palate, offering sweet cherry, raspberry and vanilla flavors that flesh out and become smokier with air. Sappy, fresh and pliant on the seamless finish, which features subtle tannins and a persistent note of cherry compote.

Full bodied and richly tannic, this gives lie to the notion that all Grenache-based blends are easy quaffers. Dried spices and mixed berries include hints of clove and cracked pepper, finishing with some dry, chewy tannins. The assemblage is 49% Grenache, 29% Shiraz and 22% Mourvèdre. Drink 2020–2030.

This is a well-made wine at a more-than-fair price. Labeled varietally, it also holds smaller additions of other Bordeaux red grapes, most notably 6% Cabernet Franc. Black pepper, leather and cassis surround smoky oak and firm, integrated tannin, making for a complex, full-bodied and balanced experience.

Opaque ruby. Smoke- and spice-tinged red and blue fruits on the highly fragrant nose. Juicy, gently sweet cherry and boysenberry flavors are lifted and sharpened by a spine of tangy acidity. Gains flesh and weight with air and finishes supple and long, featuring an echo of blue fruits and smooth, slow-building tannins.

With sizable yet soft tannins firmly in place, this wine unleashes substantial flavors of raspberry and prosciutto-wrapped fig. Its seamless texture is dotted in vanilla and smoky meat, ending with plush, round knots of blackberry pie.

Made from a several sites within the appellation, this wine is marked by full-barrel caramelization and an inviting nod to brioche. Toffee and cinnamon interweave within its rich, thick waves of texture. Tropical mango allows for a hint of fruit amidst the darker flavors.

Deep ruby. Oak-spiced cherry and dark berries on the fragrant nose, joined by a building vanilla nuance. Plush and open-knit, offering juicy blackberry and cherry-vanilla flavors that tighten up on the back half. Finishes sweet, supple and broad; dusty tannins add grip to the oak-spiced fruit.

Pleasantly fruity and a bit brisk on the nose in a way that suggests that it will be a Pinot that is on the lighter and leaner end of the varietal spectrum, this wine turns out to be rather fuller and more substantial than billed with unexpectedly generous flavors that up the ante in ripeness, richness and depth. It is yet another of the Siduri youngsters that is not near to being ready for prime-time drinking and is at least a full year or two year away from even starting to find its stride.

This is smooth as silk—supple and soft, with pretty cherry fruit and highlights of cocoa powder and coffee grounds. It's a professionally built wine all the way, made for easy enjoyment, with satiny tannins and a touch of anise.

Among the riper and weightier efforts in the new Siduri collection and a wine that is arguably the most extracted one of the bunch even though its initial aromas predict a Pinot of up-front, easy-to-access fruitiness, this one from Saralee’s Vineyard wears its youth on its sleeve and is yet to show any sense of layering or nuance. It is at once concentrated and still fairly tight, and its slightly chalky finishing tannins mandate a minimum of two to four years of additional age.

Sporting an amplified sense of ripeness to its aromas of dark fruits and a fairly big and viscous Pinot on the palate, the Barbieri Pinot is the plushest of the current Siduri lot, but its riper traits ultimately take precedence over keen varietal precision, and it is governed by richness first and only secondarily by fruit. It is, however, never a victim of excess, and its surprisingly firm finish encourages a bit of optimism for age.

Energetic, red cherry fruit is the driving force of this well-defined, very young Pinot, and, if youth works against its full expression just now, the wine exhibits fine focus and stamina. It is just rough enough at the edges to warrant another year or two of age, and those short on patience will find its eleventh-hour turn to slightly chalky astringency to be far less apparent when it is poured as a complement to well-marbled meats.

Well made in a light, easy style, this wine has classic aromas like dried cherry and cinnamon, and dry, appetizing flavors like sour cherry and rhubarb. It will make a great house wine at this reasonable price.

Among the fuller and more substantial members of the varietal clan and a wine that speaks directly to ripe peaches with a wispy suggestion of sweet spice in tow, La Crema’s 2015 Pinot Gris is moderately full-bodied and somewhat rounded in feel with an extra bit of viscosity and sustained richness to its credit. It is less a simple quaffer and instead a wine that wants pairing with food, and it will handle meaty white fish, richer shellfish recipes and poultry with equal aplomb.

Light and zingy, dripping with gorgeous raspberry, strawberry and floral flavors, weaving in strong mineral notes as the finish gains momentum. A hint of pepper informs the aftertaste. Drink now through 2023.

Sleek and inviting, polished and deep, with cherry, cinnamon, clove and mineral flavors that meld seamlessly and keep singing on the long and expressive finish. Drink now through 2023.—