Pinot Noir

Salmon pink in color with a touch of orange.  A nice mousse with small bubbles.  Clear and bright.  The nose is expressive with strawberries, and a touch of cranberries.  Medium bodied.  Good acidity.  On the palate, this is nicely balanced with crisp acidity.  Flavors  of cherries and slight cranberries.  Long finish.  This is delightful on its own and very food friendly.  It will work well with salty and fried  appetizers.  Drink over the next few years.

From a recent cellar purchase a friend made, this was very drinkable and much better than I would have thought.  Cherry red in color, mostly clear and bright.  The nose has cherries, slight sandalwood and slight baking spice.  Medium bodied.  Good balance.  On the palate, there is still nice cherry fruit.  Not super complex but some depth.  It drinks nicely on its own but would be better with food.  It would be nice with baked salmon with a cream sauce.  Drink up.  

This is nice but perhaps given the vineyard and vintage, it fell below hoped for expectations.  Ruby in color, clear and bright.  The nose is nice with cherries, slight black cherries, a bit of spice and just a hint of sour cherries.  Medium bodied.  No tannins.  Persistent acidity.  On the palate, this is nice with black cherries and some cherries, but it just sort of stops there.  Not much depth and no complexity.  It is enjoyable and certainly worth drinking but that is it.  Food will help.  Drink up as this doesn't seem likely to improve.