The entry-level 2009 Pinot Noir Willamette Valley is a fragrant, easy-going, smooth-textured wine with ample red fruit flavors and good balance. Drink it over the next 6-7 years. Adelsheim has produced a solid set of 2009 Pinot Noirs.Tel. (503) 538-3652; www.adelsheim.com

Amazingly, Adelsheim has produced more than 14,000 cases of this wine, which equals the best, small-production Pinots of most Oregon producers. Fragrant and immediately compelling, it enters gracefully with soft red fruits, highlighted with spice, curry and chocolate. A pretty wine that is simply irresistible.——P.G.(8/1/2011)—— 91