Chateau St Jean Pinot Noir Dry 2006

Lots of ripe, juicy plum, blackberry and wild berry flavors upfront turn smooth and creamy, showing a trace of heat on the finish. Drink now.

Nothing complicated here, just a Pinot with some real class and varietal distinction. You don't age a wine like with, you savor it with real food. Dry and silky, with cherry, black raspberry and cola flavors ending with a swirl of dusty brown spice.

Supple and harmonious, with tasty plum, raspberry and black cherry fruit that's deftly balanced, ending with a complex fruity aftertaste and just the right amount of tannins, wood and acidity. Drink now through 2007.

The 2008 Pinot Noir Sonoma exhibits distinctive earthy and forest floor notes intermixed with hints of sassafras, sweet and sour cherries as well as plums. It possesses much more flavor than its shallow, medium to light ruby color suggests. Drink it over the next 2-3 years.

A delicate, silky and sensual Pinot Noir that shows real value. Firmed and toned by racy acidity, it shows polished flavors of cherries, raspberries, sassafras, cola and cinnamon spice.

Light-bodied and ample in cherry, vanilla and smoky flavors, this wine finishes with a suggestion of cinnamon sugar. Soft with silky tannins.

A textbook Pinot that tastes like it has plenty of Russian River Valley grapes inside. Light and silky in texture, but with rich, complex varietal flavors of cherries, cola, rhubarb, vanilla and mocha.