Showing the full-bodied, flamboyant richness that Dutton’s Pinots are known for, this is a big, powerful wine, packed with fruit. The flavors of cherries, raspberries, pomegranates, cola and sandalwood flood the mouth, leading to a long, spicy finish. Almost Rhone-like in weight, this rather soft Pinot doesn’t seem like an ager, so drink through 2013 for freshness.——S.H.(12/1/2011)—— 91

Beautiful. Really impresses for its power and elegance, but way too young. We’re entering a new era where some Pinots require cellaring and this is one of them. It’s all acidity, oak and primary fruit now, but with such a nuclear concentration of cherries, raspberries and pomegranates that it will easily develop. Could be something special by 2012. ——S.H.(12/1/2009)—— 95

A little brittle and tense now, with a young wine freshness. May just need time in the bottle to mellow. Give it until sometime in 2009 to let the tannins, acids and oak mesh with the lush cherry, red currant, pomegranate, cola and intense Asian spice flavors. Could develop through a decade. — (12/15/2008) —92

An interesting wine that makes you think. Straddles the border between minty wintergreen unripeness and cherry-cola ripeness, coming down in favor of the latter. Streamlined and elegant, it’s good now for the dry crispness, but not an ager. Drink soon.——S.H.(9/1/2007)—— 89

How translucently light this Pinot is. You just know from the color it’s not one of those heavy, superripe wines. In fact, it’s as delicate and airy as the fog that visits the vineyard every night. Dry, too, with complex cola, rosehip tea, strawberry, cinnamon and toasty oak flavors. So nice, so elegant, not a big and probably not an ageable wine, but polished. — (12/31/2006) —90