Elizabeth Grant-Douglas follows up quite nicely on the debut 2012 vintage for this Jackson Family Wines brand, and this bottling from eight vineyards throughout the Willamette Valley ranks as one of the most significant for Pinot Noir in Oregon. The nose offers something for everyone with its array of dark cherry, dusty blueberry, dried strawberry and vanilla, backed by touches of brown sugar, saddle leather, coffee and pomegranate. On the palate, there are opulent flavors of black currant, plum and blueberry that lead to a chocolaty mouth feel. Its long finish of pomegranate and cherry picks up a pinch of fresh herbs that should pair nicely with Duck Confit.

Other selection: the 2012 Matanzas Creek Jackson Park Vineyard Merlot, $60, is an age-worthy beauty from the terraced hillside estate vineyard across the road from the winery. It’s loaded with dark berry, plum and bittersweet chocolate flavors with a hint of tobacco and brown spices. Grapes are the Petrus clone.

This is Merlot with a big engine under the hood — bold aromas, flavors that roar, plenty of structure and body. It opens with oak-infused aromas of cherry, raspberry, plum and sage. Tannins are round and supple, acidity is firm. It’s a wine with body and power that is still evolving. It’s produced off vineyards in Bennett Valley, Alexander Valley and Knights Valley.

This seductive dry white reminds me of New Zealand’s Marlborough district with its herbal, floral, tart, tangy character. It’s not for the meek of palate. It’s quite different from the Helena Bench with acidity that can curl the hairs in your nose. Aromas are herbal and floral with supporting notes of lime, lychee nut and Asian pear.

What structure! What elegance, and complexity. It’s sculpted with acidity and vibrant tropical fruit. Flavors and character are further enhanced by fermentation in large wooden casks that add roundness and smooth the sharp edges. A smaller portion is fermented in cement “egg” fermenters, which add yet another dimension — concrete imparts no flavor and is somewhat porous, allowing the wine to breathe as it does in barrels. The wine is a “cocktail” of peach, pineapple, grapefruit, lime zest and melon. Helena Bench Vineyard is owned by Matanzas Creek and is located at the foot of Mount St. Helena in Knights Valley.

This chardonnay is for people who love to taste power in a white wine — and not just the fruit, but the oak and alcohol. It’s a complex wine built of cool mountain fruit with a bright citrus/apple/marzipan character and granite minerality. Balancing all that flavor is a sturdy spine of acidity. It’s made to order for pairing with fresh-caught seafood or delicately cooked chicken, veal or pork.

Smooth tannins and plump, juicy dark cherry, blueberry and plum fruit mark this mouth-filling wine. It's concentrated and supple, with chocolate, vanilla and spice notes coming from barrel aging to add interest. It's ideal for drinking now and over the next five years.

This will please fans of a more tart, earthy style of Pinot Noir. Sour cherry, dry earth, mushroom and cardamom aromas and flavors are carried by mouthwatering acidity that leaves a lingering, well integrated finish.

This wine is quite an accomplishment in flavor and complexity, given the chilly vintage and price. From high-altitude vineyards atop the Mayacamas, it delivers peppercorn, herb and mellow oak notes and fine, integrated tannins. Graphite and cedar also figure into the mix, along with black cherry and cassis. Pop the cork when the pigs in a blanket come out of the oven.

Here too there is a whiff of herbal tea present on the slightly riper array of red currant, black cherry and subtly spiced nose. There is very fine verve to the round, supple and attractively textured medium weight flavors that are quite rich yet manage to retain good precision while offering fine length and depth on the powerful and focused finale. Once again there is a hint of warmth but it's not enough to materially detract from the overall sense of harmony.

There is a whiff of herbal tea to the cool, airy and pure red pinot fruit, raspberry and sandalwood-scented nose. I very much like the refined mouth feel of the delicious, vibrant and equally cool medium weight flavors that like several of the wines in the range display lovely delineation on the firm, dusty and ever-so-mildly austere finale. There is a backend hint of warmth but overall this beautifully complex effort should also reward a few years of cellaring.

This is also restrained but persistent swirling eventually causes the nose to open to expose plum liqueur, spice and soft sandalwood nuances. There is once again fine volume to the lush, even opulent medium-bodied flavors that coat the palate with dry extract that also serves to buffer the moderately firm tannic spine on the delicious, dusty and attractively persistent finale where a hint of warmth creeps in just as the length begins to fade away. Even so this is really quite good even if the balance isn't perfect.

A discreet touch of crushed leaf is present on the Asian-tea inflected red and dark currant-scented nose. The middle weight flavors also possess good volume and a lovely mouth feel while delivering solid depth and length on the focused, dusty and sneaky long finish. I like the slow build-up in intensity and this should reward 6 to 8 years of cellar time yet be approachable after only 3 to 5.

This is both fresher and more elegant with its layered and airy nose of various red berries, in particular cherry, with plenty of floral character adding to the sense of elegance. There is lovely delineation and focus to the utterly delicious and seductively textured middle weight flavors that culminate in a lingering finish where a hint of bitter cherry appears. This is presently quite tight and thus should definitely benefit from a few years of bottle age.

This is restrained to the point that only aggressive swirling coaxes the otherwise cool and pure mix of red cherry liqueur, violet and plum aromas to reveal themselves. There is excellent volume to the broad-shouldered and well-concentrated medium weight plus flavors that possess a caressing mouth feel, all wrapped in a dusty and palate coating finish where once again hints of warmth and bitter cherry appears. This is almost robust and will appeal more to those who enjoy power pinot.

Here the cool and restrained nose displays more fruit from the red side of the spectrum along with wisps of rose petal, tea and sandalwood. There is a bit more volume and focused power to the delicious, complex and vibrant medium weight flavors that are slightly firmer as well as a bit more complex as well. Note that while this too could easily be enjoyed now I would be inclined to give it at least a few years of bottle age first. Note that this offers very good value for the price.

Like the notes of the Ewald, aromas of menthol and cherry cough drop along with a whisper of herbal tea presently dominate the expressive nose. There is very good volume and richness to the sleek and refined middle weight flavors that possess solid depth and very good length where once again hints of warmth and bitter cherry appear. While not invisible this bold effort carries its considerable alcohol with reasonable grace though stylistically it's not my favorite.

Here the herbal tea character is more pronounced and while by no means dominant it is not what I would describe as subtle on the almost exclusively red currant and spice-scented nose. There is fine density to the rounded and generously proportioned flavors that possess a lovely sense of energy and reasonably good detail on the youthfully austere, balanced and solidly persistent finish where once again a hint of bitter cherry appears. This won't be for everyone as I suspect the herbal tea character may be enough to bother some though I do not find it to be off putting.

There is a touch of menthol present on the kirsch and cherry cough drop-like nose. The sleekly textured medium-bodied flavors possess good volume and richness before culminating in a dusty, moderately firm and mouth coating finish where there is enough warmth to remark upon. This is bigger and richer than the Sonoma Coast but I prefer the delivery of the latter.

The 2012 Lassègue is bold, powerful and explosive in the glass. Raspberry jam, flowers and spice open up as this open-knit Saint-Emilion shows off its supple personality. Sweet, perfumed aromatics add an attractive upper register with hints of red cherry, plum and wild flowers that are laced into the radiant, expressive finish. The 2012 is 70% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Franc and 7% Cabernet Sauvignon.

A perfumed and very pretty nose of both red and blue pinot fruit that is trimmed in subtle spice nuances. There is a fine sense of energy to the nicely detailed, supple and succulent middle weight flavors that possess a caressing mouth feel, all wrapped in a forward and easy-to-like but not simple finish. This could be enjoyed almost immediately.

The classic 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Bosché Vineyard is 90.1% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest 9.9% Merlot, aged 26 months in oak. This is one of the iconic wines of Napa, and one of the great vineyard sources coming from Rutherford on foothill bench soils at the base of the Mayacamas Mountains. This is one of the finest examples of this wine I’ve ever tasted, and there have been many. The wine shows plenty of loamy soil notes intermixed with blackberry, cassis, cedar wood and spice box. It’s full-bodied, shows terrific intensity, a multi-dimensional mouthfeel and moderate tannin in the finish. It still needs cellar time - and 5-6 years should bring forth plenty of magic, but this wine will also last 30-40 years.

The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Sycamore Vineyard comes from a vineyard located at the end of Bella Oaks Lane in Rutherford. This has slightly less Cabernet Sauvignon than the Bosche Vineyard, at 84%, and the rest is Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, aged three months less in oak. Loads of clove, sweet blackberry and cassis, black olive tapenade and earthy forest floor notes are all present in this wine that shows dazzling richness, a heady full-bodied mouthfeel and stunning finish. The wine is slightly more evolved with the tannins and structure less present than in the Bosché.

The absolutely sensational 2013 Zinfandel Carlisle Vineyard is from a mixed block of vines planted in 1927, dominated by Zinfandel. This is the smallest cuvée of all four of Adam Lee=s Zinfandels, with only 148 cases. Terrific aromatics that blast from the glass, offering notes of sweet kirsch liqueur, spice box, licorice, mulberry, roasted herbs, a touch of loamy notes and a big, peppery, meaty, full-throttle attack, mid-palate and finish. This is a great, classic California Zinfandel to drink over the next decade.