Willakenzie Estate’s 2008 Pinot Blanc Estate Grown is light straw-colored with a fruity bouquet of melon and pit fruits. Smooth-textured, dry, ripe, and savory, this tasty wine will provide pleasure over the next 2 years. Tel. (503) 662-3280; www.willakenzie.com

This is a truly lovely, elegant Pinot Blanc, from a winery that has a fine handle on the grape. Scents of lemongrass and grapefruit run headlong into delicate, evocative fruit flavors of melon, gooseberry, lime and stone fruits. Though quite dry and tart, it has so much complexity that it never turns sour.——P.G.(12/15/2009)—— 91