A best-barrel blend of select Sonoma County and Santa Rita Hills vineyards, this is the best Pinot Siduri has ever produced. It has the rich, spicy purity of a fine malt Scotch (however weird that sounds), long and satisfying in clove-accented cherry, black raspberry and peat flavors, smoked on a wood-fired grill. The mouthfeel is dramatic, all satin, silk and velvet, with finely etched tannins. Really a stunning achievement, and with a good 10 years of life ahead.——S.H.(11/1/2008)—— 96