Cinnamon and fresh ginger, sassafras, lemon oil and smoky black tea pungently and invigoratingly accent cherry in the nose infectiously juicy palate of Evesham Wood’s 2011 Pinot Noir Le Puits Sec, which as usual incorporates most of the estate’s Pommard vines. There is textural polish here that was missing from this year’s two less-expensive Pinot bottlings, and a vibrant ping and ringing persistence of fruit and spice, with dark shadings of burley tobacco and humus adding further to the complexity adumbrated on the nose. Look for delicious versatility and continued vivacity from this fine value through at least 2020. - David Schildknecht

The very fresh aromas of red cherry and raspberry possess a slightly sweet character to them along with background nuances of spice. There is fine volume and punch to the medium weight flavors that possess the same sleek mid-palate mouth feel as the 2012 pinot before terminating in a slightly drying and mildly austere finish. I like the complexity but it's not clear that the dryness will dissipate before the tannins resolve themselves and as such I would suggest drinking this on the younger side.