A tour de force, this exquisite example of Pinot Noir from the highly pedigreed Santa Rita Hills appellation shows off waves of dark berries, black plum, dried tea leaves, cranberry, hints of toasty oak and then culminates in a 40 second finish.

This is big, brooding, inky Bordeaux filled with meaty black fruit, violets and polished oak.

The bouquet is simply lovely, offering aromas of black fruit, cedar spice, violets and cassis.

After almost one decade of library time, the gorgeous 2008 Ségla is just now hitting its stride, boasting complex and well integrated notes of sweet red and black fruits, briar, spice box, and a hint of dark chocolate.

Sumptuous aromas of plum, cassis, blackberry and sage evolve on the palate to include dark chocolate, baking spice and hints of graphite plus luxuriously integrated oak on the majestic finish.