This notably graceful and elegant Pinot delivers delicate wilted rose blueberry and black cherry fruit that's supple and detailed with a long lingering finish. Drink now through 2021. Tasted twice with consistent notes. 625 cases made. -JL

Ripe black-cherries are comfortably combined with a fair bit of toasty oak in vital young aromas of this nicely defined wine and what is promised in the nose is delivered in kind by the plush yet well-composed flavors that follow. Like all of the very good 2009 DuMOL offerings this one is simply brimming with fruit but it needs to age past the tart edge of eleventh-hour acidity that presently cuts off its finish and we recommend a wait of at least two or three years.