This Pinot comes from the same neighborhood as such elite wines as Marcassin and Hirsch. A bouquet packed with black fruit and violets leaps from the glass. The texture is ultra-polished and maintains exquisite balance from start to finish. Complex layers of focused raspberry, strawberry and cedar spice culminate in a bright, persistent and fruit-driven finish. Wonderfully approachable now, it will continue to drink beautifully for another 4-5 years.

Red Car Winery

Red Car is a West Sonoma Coast winery specializing in cold climate Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Syrah. Their small production lots and winemaking style utilize wild yeasts, natural acidity and gravity flow to produce aromatic wines of complexity, finesse and balance.

Ever since Red Car received Wine Spectator's highest rating ever for a California Pinot Noir, collectors have obsessively lusted after their wines and they've sold out instantly upon release.