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: Bright red. Complex, highly perfumed bouquet evokes fresh red fruits, potpourri and spicecake, with a hint of cola in the background. Juicy and precise, offering vibrant red...

Burghound: This is not quite as elegant as the Caillerets but it's close with a beautiful and well-layered nose of violet, plum and black raspberry. There is excellent volume to the very...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Slightly hazy medium red. Musky aromas of raspberry, coffee and smoke. Lush, silky and sweet, with velvety plum and earth flavors spreading out to saturate the palate. Seam...

Burghound: A more deeply pitched red and blue pinot fruit nose that also reflects subtle earth and sauvage hints. There is excellent detail to the sleekly muscular and firm medium-bodied...

Burghound: An intensely floral nose of very ripe cassis, plum and black cherry liqueur aromas precedes the very round and seductively textured flavors that possess fine volume and a velv...

Wine Spectator: Light and refreshing, with zip to the cherry and guava flavors, sailing into the soft, inviting finish. This has depth and length on a delicate frame. Drink now through 2017. ...

Wine Spectator: Rich, concentrated and juicy, this lush 2009 boasts black cherry, raspberry and spice notes, bolstered by a firm structure and showing balance and fine length. Best from 2015 ...

Wine Spectator: A lean, wiry red, with a linear profile and driving energy. At its core is a laser of cherry, with spice, earth and mineral notes revolving around it. The tannins clamp down o...

About this Wine: Dutton Ranch farms over sixty unique, separate vineyards located in the coolest areas of the Russian River Valley, primarily in the Green Valley sub-appellation. Galante and <...

About this Wine: This wine is made with a selection of Dijon Clones, primarily 113, 114 and 115, using fruit from several diiferent locations on the Estate that are all part of the vineyar...

About this Wine: Pinot Noir Aliette is made from a single gently sloped southeast-facing block at an elevation of 570 to 610 feet planted to the Pommard clone in 1992. This vineyard design...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep red. Black cherry, licorice and a note of tar on the nose. Complex and aromatic in the mouth, with musky redcurrant, game and mocha flavors complicated by an earth...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2011 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast) wafts from the glass with crushed flowers, dried cherries, spices, tobacco and licorice. A sweet, perfumed Pinot, the 2011 is all about bala...

Wine Enthusiast: This wine starts off bright and vibrant, with aromas of red-cherry skin, red currant and plum with touches of toasted oak and earth. The fruit flavors intensity on the palat...

Jancis Robinson: Deep blackish ruby. Very rich. Licorice and intensity. Transparency. Dry finish. Just a bit dusty on the finish. Drink 2010 to 2025 17.5 / 20

Jancis Robinson: Some clay here. Blackish ruby. Hint of mushrooms on the nose - deeply satisfying. Hugely seductive top notes of spice. Real delicacy and energy with tannins starting to resolv...

Jancis Robinson: Very pale fox red. Rich and sweet and hedonistic. A delightful edge of decay and throat soother. Jewelly finish. Sweet and pure. 17.5 / 20

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: A model of total elegance and class, the 2011 Pinot Noir from Flowers is absolutely gorgeous. Savory herbs, crushed flowers, licorice, salt, orange peel, mint and plums are al...

Connoisseurs' Guide: There is no question but that ripeness figures prominently here, yet the wine is surprisingly racy and buoyant even while being full and weighty. It teams plenty of dark-cherr...