The 2013 Pinot Noir Estate Grown Victoria was raised in 40% new oak and comes from 777 and Pommard clones. It has a winsome, red cherry, pomegranate and balsamic-tinged bouquet that is very well defined and actually very Burgundian. The palate is well balanced with fine tannin, very smooth and lithe in the mouth, red cherry and strawberry laced with sea salt and balsamic on the tender finish. What a lovely Pinot Noir.

Bright red. Potent, oak-spiced red and dark berry scents are complicated by suggestions of licorice and rhubarb. Sappy and focused on the palate, offering bitter cherry and redcurrant flavors that become sweeter with air. The cherry and spice notes repeat emphatically on the long, expanding finish, which features fine-grained tannins and a suave vanilla quality.