Smells weedy and herbal, with only a trace of the berry notes you expect, and doesn’t turn any richer once you taste. It’s a dry, acidic wine, with tobaccoey flavors. Disappointing.——S.H.(5/1/2004)—— 83

Plump and supple, this flavorful, well-balanced midweight Pinot presents ample cherry fruit offset by attractive mocha, forest-floor and smoke accents. On the palate, the wine turns progressively darker and plummier, closing long with dry, firm tannins. Drink now–2006.——W.E.(10/1/2002)—— 88

A sturdy wine, with a bouquet of dark cherry, cola, toast, and a touch of barnyard. The initial flavors are sweet dried cherry, then turn toward more complex leather, sour plum and toast. Tobacco, and a reprise of the early barnyard note, play on the finish with nice back end aromatics——W.E.(4/1/2001)—— 88