The 2006 Pinot Noir Shaw Mountain Vineyard is medium ruby-colored with spicy/brambly red fruit aromas, damp earth, and cigar box notes. On the palate it has excellent concentration and grip, a smooth texture, savory flavors, and enough structure to evolve for 2-3 years. It will be at its best from 2010 to 2018. Siduri Wines is a Pinot Noir specialist producing single vineyard bottlings in California and Oregon.Tel. (707) 578-3882; www.siduri.com

This bottling brings strawberry preserves right up front; it’s a light and spicy wine with immediate appeal. There’s plenty of acid—rarely an issue in Oregon—but not much depth. It’s got fruit and malted chocolate, and the finish lasts a bit longer than you might expect from the light fruit.——P.G.(4/1/2009)—— 88