Radio-Coteau, Laguna Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley

At home with some chicken Florentine and Margherita pizza. LnP, last bottle from this designate. PnP, drank over 2 hours. Medium ruby, some thinning. Nose of dark fruits, herbs, and floral. Palate showing tart red fruits, orange zest, black tea. Elegant and settled at this point. Black cherry persists though the mid palate. Medium weight and finsh. Niely aged at this point, Should drink at this level for a while bit not likely to improve (IMO). Would drink up in …

Pulled from our cellar rather spontaneously to accompany a nice steak dinner. On opening, light floral notes and as it warmed and opened herbacious undertones and a bit tart in a nice way that let it pair well with dinner. I would question that decanting is necessary. I found it fairly dry and quite enjoyable. Purchased as part of a vertical flight and looking forward to comparing with the 2013 tonight.

Exceptionally focused. Savory nose with overtones of rose, blood orange. Body is medium and angular while the palette presents lighter, with bright acid and delicate herbs.

Deep ruby. A very herbal nose that I could not quite place (eucalyptus?) along with a quite a bit of unpleasant reduction notes. Medium body with medium acidity and silky tannins. Bright fruit notes of stewed cherries and raspberries with very good depth along with some earthiness towards the back and finish. Fruit forward but not in an obnoxious or in your face way. Just really enjoyable on the palate and my wife was a big fan. Great accompaniment to …

Popped and poured. Showing exuberant dark cherry and spice notes. Generous mid-palate with notes of black tea. This bottle was very, very good.

In an interesting place right now. Dry, sour cherry, lots going on here. But then I decided to pair this with a spicy heirloom tomato viniagrette and wow! It came alive: secondary notes of allspice and toasty oak blossomed from the glass. Rich cherry cola mingles with these other flavors as the wine opens up. Love this wine.

Decided to open one of my bottles now, just to see how things were going. Obviously closed up at first, light aromas of cherry and smoke, almost like a nice mezcal. Begins to open up after 30-45 minutes. Light oak, red cherry and plum, lightly bittersweet mouthfeel that I love. Very nice wine. Save it for a while, though.