Buttery, lees, ripe fig, hay, melon, vanilla, honey aromas. Rich, round, dry style with mineral, spicy lees, roasted bell pepper, grassy, buttery fig flavours. Fairly dry, mineral, buttery finish. Somewhat bordelais in style.

Aromas of crystallized lemon peel & yellow plum. Fat & sweet but rather diffuse, with modest nuance. Finishes with persistent, buttery fruit.

…is a naturally fermented offering with lavish quantities of toasty new oak, smoky, buttery fruit, a leesy complexity, and a chewy, medium to full-bodied, lusty finish. …it delivers copious fruit, wood, and mouthfilling flavors.

2005 CHARDONNAY ALEXANDER VALLEY The 2005 Chardonnay Alexander Valley, is an 8,000-case cuvee revealing plenty of crisp acidity as well as orange marmalade and honeyed lemon notes. It is a lovely, fruity white with the wood component kept well in the background...

Butterscotch aromas, buttery, nutty flavors and full body make a pretty big impact as this dry and full-bodied wine pulls them all together.

Moderate golden yellow color and clear in the glass. Flinty, struck match aromas accompany scents of peach, dried herbs and almond. Somewhat exotic, with flavors of peach, apricot, apple brown butter and brioche. Nicely balanced with an easygoing vibe.

2017 PINOT NOIR, RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY The nose is a spicy tomato tapenade and carbon, tobacco and cherry. The palate is a polished silky red cherry. Supple yet not well developed.

Spicy, savory and firmly tannic, as the dried red berry, fresh earth, light cedar and road tar notes form a solid core of flavors.

Aromas of oak vanillin and shy purple fruits lead to a mid weight charge of succulent black raspberry and boysenberry fruits backed by balanced tannins. The oak treatment is overwhelming on the nose, but is well integrated on the palate. The finish offers a pleasingly boisterous fruit presence.

This firmly built middleweight sets its compass on clean, fairly direct red cherry fruit and flirts with tangy, cranberry traits here and there. It is pleasantly rounded on entry and briefly shows a touch of fleshiness but tightens and turns to acidity as it crosses the palate. It closes on a slightly chalky note that argues for a bit of age, and, while not one of Siduri's more expressively fruity wines, it should emerge from its youthful shell and show a little more richness with a brief cellar stay. 87 points. One star.

The 2015 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast) is a dark, ripe wine that very much reflects the intensity and low yields of the vintage. Black cherry, chocolate, spice and licorice give the wine its brooding personality. This is an especially dark, concentrated Sonoma Coast Pinot.

Whiffs of menthol and smoke add breadth to the plum and blue berry scented nose. The supple and forward flavors possess a sleek and rounded mouthfeel before terminating in a balanced and sneaky long finish. Like several of the wines in the range this needs more depth to be at the next level but I like the delivery plus more complexity should develop if it is allowed a few years of cellar time. 87 points.

Although lighter and lesser in concentration than a good many of its cellarmates, this offering from Oregon's Willamette Valley is a bright, firmly balanced, medium-bodied Pinot Noir that favors the tart, red cherry end of the varietal spectrum. It is more pert than it is ripe and rich, but it does not wander off its fruity path and is a wine worth considering when the night's menu features slightly lighter fare. 87 points. One star.

Fresh, cool and airy aromas of red cherry, raspberry and spice introduce energetic, round and utterly delicious medium-bodied flavors that possess a relatively refined mouthfeel, all wrapped in dusty and slightly dry finish that is presently slightly clipped. In contrast to the Chehalem Mountains cuvée, this may come together though I underscore that isn’t a given. 87 points.

Never a powerhouse and a less-than-effusively-fruity Pinot Noir, yet one that exhibits good energy with a fairly steady, black cherry focus, this wine starts out on a rounded, slightly fleshy note in the mouth before narrowing and firming up at the end. It is not overly tough, but it will not reward hasty drinking, and at least a couple of years of waiting are advised. 87 points. One star.

Moderate reddish purple color in the glass. Aromas of cherry, underbrush and oak develop over time in the glass. More expressive on the palate, with modest flavors of boysenberry and Hoison sauce. Simple and pleasant, with matched tannins and a juicy, fruit-driven finish.

A relatively high-toned nose hales mostly from the red side of the fruit spectrum, and in particular notes of maraschino cherry, while displaying additional notes of subtle spice nuances. The sleek, intense and delineated middle weight flavors culminate in a clean and lingering if ever-so-slightly drying finish. 87 points.

This too offers up a lovely array of spice elements to the more deeply pitched aromas of plum and a whisper of earth. Here too there is an appealing mouth feel to the delicious, round and punchy medium-bodied flavors that possess slightly better mid-palate concentration on the robust and mildly rustic and warm finale that also displays just a hint of edginess.

A pretty nose blends together notes of briar and dark cherry with those of plum and violet. The supple, round and vibrant middle weight flavors possess reasonably good depth and while there is a hint of dryness on the clean and focused finish, it’s not really enough to cut it short.

Very dark violet color in the glass. The nose is uncommonly fruity with scents of an array of purple and black fruits. Powerful, even jammy fruit wakes up the palate. Good energy from vibrant acidity, but the aggressive fruit tannins overwhelm the boisterous, well-ripened dark cherry fruit. This rugged wine veers to Syrah in character and may not appeal to Pinot Noir purists.

The 2014 Pinot Noir Parsons' Vineyard stands out in this lineup because of its ripe, slightly roasted personality. Dark plum, mocha, spice, leather and cloves meld together in the glass. Today, the Parsons tastes a bit heavy and like it may have been picked on the later side of things.

Another good Pinot Noir is the 2014 Pinot Noir Parsons’ Vineyard, which emerges from the west side of Santa Rosa on Wood Road, where some great old Zinfandel is also located. This wine exhibits good ripeness, some licorice, roasted herbs, black cherry and strawberry notes in a medium-bodied, round, fruity style. Drink it over the next 4-5 years.

Dark reddish purple color in the glass. Aromas of blackest cherry, ripest strawberry, wood spice and cigar lead off. A chunky mid weight plus core of black cherry and boysenberry fruits is overlain with smoky oak. Silky in texture, with modest tannins, finishing modestly and oak infused. The oak and fruit are not dancing in step at this juncture.