The 2002 Pinot Noir Cuvee Catherine, which comes from the Kistler Vineyard, is a 500-case cuvee that shows wonderful notes of flowers intermixed with black raspberries, cherries, and forest floor. It is medium-bodied, impressive, and long and authoritative. It should drink well for 10-12 years. (Release date 3/05) Tel. (707) 823-5603; Fax (707) 823-6709

The 2002 Pinot Noir Cuvee Catherine, which comes from the Kistler Vineyard, is a 500-case cuvee that shows wonderful notes of flowers intermixed with black raspberries, cherries, and forest floor. It is medium-bodied, impressive, and long and authoritative. It should drink well for 10-12 years. (Release date 3/05)Tel. (707) 823-5603; Fax (707) 823-6709

(this and the "regular" Kistler Vineyard release were aged in 100% new barrels) Bright, saturated ruby-red. Brooding, reticent, superripe nose hints at blueberry, black raspberry, black cherry and baking spices. A step up in sweetness from the regular Kistler Vineyard bottling, offering sappy dark berries and forest floor perfume; lively framing acidity; and superb richness and depth. Finishes with terrific grip and persistence. A wonderfully concentrated, youthfully unevolved pinot with all the elements for positive evolution in bottle over the next five to seven years.