The dark-colored 1999 Pinot Noir Octagon Vineyard is similar to a French Pommard offering notions of apple skins intermixed with dried herbs, meat, and black cherries, a soft, ripe attack, but an austere, tannic, angular finish with noticeable acidity.(Release date, 10/02)Tel. (707) 823-2378; Fax (707) 823-0918