It's surprising sometimes what you can derive from a young vine. Now in vine years 8 is pretty young, but winemaker Dan Sullivan seems to be able to coax lovely flavours out of his own fruit from his home vineyard. This wine was aged 12-14 months in new French oak, but it seems to have integrated its oak flavours very well. The nose has plenty of sweet red fruit with a predominance of cherry-vanilla. On the palate that red fruit continues with a lovely juiciness of cherry and raspberry keeping just a touch of vanilla on the tongue. Smooth and lush with a suppleness of fruit and easy going tannins. Wanna know why 2009 was such a great year for Pinot - look no further than this. Price: $34.00 - Rating: ****+