Medium ruby-purple in color, the 2016 Pinot Noir Aidan (from Wildrose Vineyard) gives beautiful floral notions of violets and lavender over a core of black and red cherries, wild blueberries and mulberries plus wafts of underbrush and menthol. Medium-bodied it sports tons of red and blue fruits and a nice plush frame, finishing long and lively.

Medium ruby-purple colored, the 2015 Pinot Noir Aidan offers up notions of warm cranberries, redcurrants and black cherries with hints of chocolate box, tilled soil, Provence herbs and rose hips. Medium to full-bodied with a rock-solid structure of grainy tannins and great freshness, it finishes very long and minerally.

Pale to medium ruby-purple colored, the 2014 Pinot Noir Aidan was made with 40% whole cluster, which contributes an savory/earthy/herbal character over notes of red currants and black raspberries plus a hint of tar. Medium-bodied with a very lively acid backbone and solid frame of chewy tannins, it delivers plenty of juicy fruit and good persistence.

Dark ruby in color, with notes of sassafras, licorice and black cherries, the 2013 Pinot Noir Aidan comes from Dijon clones 115 and 777, 100% from the Sonoma Coast terroir called Wildrose. It is fresh and lively, but does reflect the huge yields of the vintage for Pinot Noir. It has good ripeness and medium body, and is best drunk over the next 5-6 years.

The 2012 Pinot Noir Aidan (445 cases) emerges from Dijon clones 115 and 777 planted in the cool Wild Rose Vineyard in the Russian River. This beauty reveals notes of strawberry jam, plums, blackcurrants, cherries, resiny pine forest, unsmoked cigar tobacco and a hint of cloves. Fresh, full-bodied and complex, it should drink well for a decade.