The 2010 Pinot Noir Ryan Widdoes Vineyard has a certain heaviness to it that I personally find less interesting than some of the other wines in the range. The fruit is boisterous and rich, but there is quite a bit less in the way of energy, minerality or tension. By just about any other producer’s standards, this would be a fabulous wine, but at DuMol the 2010 Ryan is only outstanding. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2022. - Antonio Galloni

Keenly defined with lots of very pure, ripe-cherry fruit partnered with sweet oak and accented by a scant touch of cocoa, this generous and rather forthright Pinot is a little more obvious and slightly less nuanced than its mates, but it wants for nothing in the way of richness or depth. It is supple and fleshy with the balance to keep, and it may find a little more complexity if it is allowed to rest for another three or four years.