Big and rich, with seductive Asian spice accents to the ripe dark cherry, plum and currant flavors. Creamy midpalate, featuring a finish that oozes with chocolate brioche details. Drink now through 2025. 1,000 cases made.

Sourced from growers in the Sta. Rita Hills (John Sebastiano Vineyard, Sea Smoke Vineyard and Radian Vineyard), this new wine from David Phinney (creator of the famous/infamous brand, The Prisoner) was aged for nine months in oak barrels, 60% new. Pale to medium ruby-purple colored, the 2017 Pinot Noir sashays out of the glass with graceful kirsch, raspberry preserves and redcurrant jelly notes plus hints of oolong tea, violets and cinnamon stick. Medium-bodied, the palate is delicately played with bright red berries and spicy accents plus a satiny texture, finishing with lovely poise. 1,000 cases were made.

The 2017 Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills) is a big, fruit wine that expresses all of the natural richness that comes so easily in the Sta. Rita Hills. Inky red/purplish berry fruit, wild flowers, spice, vanillin and sweet floral notes infuse the 2017 with notable depth. This unabashedly sumptuous, extroverted Pinot delivers the goods. It will appeal most to readers who like heady, racy Pinots.