extraordinarily rich, this pinot noir dazzles with extracted cherries and raspberries, with exotic mulberry additions that have a spicy, feral, meaty quality. top anderson valley vineyards often show this wild note, so welcome in an era when ripe fruit is easy to achieve. on a par with macphail's great 2007 frattey shams bottling, and the good news for consumers is that they've lowered the price considerably. drink now–2016.
Frattey Shams Vineyard