Ryan Moses: Named in celebration of the French scientists who are decoding the DNA of pinot noir, this is 100% pinot from Grand Cru slopes of Ay. Bright copper color throughout. Expressiv...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: It's not on account of his professed dislike for the 2010 vintage that Gilles de Domingo showed me Cooper Mountain's 2011 Pinot Noir Life when it had been in bottle for only f...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Vivid ruby-red. Raspberry, cherry-vanilla and floral aromas are lifted by a spicy nuance. Juicy and penetrating, displaying very good depth and focus. Sweet red and dark be...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Calera's 2011 Pinot Noir Central Coast wafts from the glass with freshly cut flowers, sweet red berries and mint. This is a fairly laid-back vintage for the wine, with less of...

Wine Spectator: Dark and rich, showing toasty mocha oak flavors, with a beam of wild berry, raspberry, cola, vanilla and spice. Long on the finish. Drink now through 2020. -JL

Burghound: Here too there is a background application of wood that is sufficiently subtle so as to allow the expressive nose of plum, earth, wild dark berries and forest floor aromas to ...

Burghound: Discreet wood frames brooding and somber dark berry fruit aromas that are liberally laced with earth, humus, game and smoky nuances. There is excellent richness and intensity ...

Burghound: A pungent nose of reduction and wood renders it hard to evaluate. The round and supple medium weight flavors possess excellent mid-palate concentration with good flesh and ple...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright ruby-red. Aromas of blackberry, violet and licorice complicated by a whiff of game. Juicy, intensely flavored and youthfully tight but ultimately more supple tha...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep red with a ruby tinge. Silky on entry, then sweet and penetrating in the middle palate, with cherry and redcurrant fruit flavors lifted by spices. Very long and su...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright deep red. Ripe, smoky, nuanced aromas of musky raspberry, licorice, mint and game. Rich, silky and sweet, with nicely integrated acidity giving shape to the broad mid...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep red. Very reduced aromas of black raspberry, licorice and game. Rich, smoky and very fine-grained, with impressive concentration and density to its dark fruit flav...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good red-ruby. Black raspberry, smoke and a whiff of exotic fruits on the nose. Silky and fine-grained, with a lush texture given clarity and lift by nicely integrated acidi...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright ruby-red. Wild aromas of blackberry, chocolate and meat are considerably less expressive today than those of the Bressandes. Broad and large-scaled but backward, show...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright red. Musky, dark, brooding aromas of black raspberry, black cherry, coffee and pepper. Suave, smooth and concentrated but youthfully closed today, showing less e...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good medium red. Dark raspberry, flowers and a whiff of tar on the nose. Quite tightly wound, even a bit lean today, displaying very good spicy energy but little in the way ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good full red. Red fruits, pepper, stone, spices and a pungent note of sandalwood on the nose. Intensely flavored and stylish, offering a good tight core of dark fruit flavo...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright, dark red. Medicinal black cherry, mocha and mint on the nose, accented by herbs and pepper. At once sweet and a bit medicinal on the palate, with roasted red be...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, dark red. Darker and more liqueur-like on the nose than the cuvee classique, offering aromas of black fruits, chocolate and mocha. Very ripe and rich, with the choco...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good full medium red. Strawberry, minerals and gunflint on the nose. Extremely suave for the vintage, and fuller than usual for this cuvee, offering sweet but crunchy flavor...