Stoller's 2007 Pinot Noir SV Estate (Senior Vines) is medium ruby-colored with an enticing bouquet of toast, spice box, floral notes, cherry and raspberry. Smooth-textured, savory, and intense, this nicely balanced, lengthy effort will evolve for 1-2 years and offer prime drinking from 2011 to 2019. Tel. (503) 864-3404; www.stollervineyards.com

A real success in a challenging vintage, this is a meaty, flavorful, well-built Pinot Noir. The fruit is a mix of berries, especially strawberry, with accents of peach, cola, earth, sassafras and cinnamon. The wine keeps on going; it doesn’t wimp out or turn bitter. It’s interesting now, but should develop even more flavor with some years of cellaring. ——P.G.(3/1/2011)—— 90