In a stellar lineup of 2010 Evening Land Pinots, this is the best. It displays eye-popping character and depth, a ripe powerhouse at just 13.1% alcohol. Black cherry fruit comes laced with cinnamon and baking spice notes. It's a full, round, rich, and fruity wine that just never quits. — Paul Gregutt

This red is remarkable for its array of vivid flavors on a sleek, airy frame, shading its juicy raspberry and cherry fruit with a streak of wet rock, crushed rose petal and white pepper, all of it put together seamlessly. The finish just doesn't quit.

Vivid ruby-red. Suave, expansive aromas of red berry liqueur, potpourri, musky underbrush and Asian spices, with a zesty mineral quality gaining strength with air. Silky and sweet on the palate, offering intense raspberry, rose pastille and spicecake flavors given depth by hints of cola and licorice. Shows outstanding clarity and lift on the incisive finish, which emphatically repeats the floral and mineral notes. - Josh Raynolds

Evening Land’s 2010 Pinot Noir Seven Springs Vineyard La Source – representing selected, inter alia shallower tufa and weathered basalt soils – predictably has much in common with its generic counterpart, notably an emphasis on invigoratingly tart, juicy cranberry and cherry tinged with sassafras, fruit pit, and black pepper. But here, much more complexity is achieved, including overtones of floral perfume, lemon oil, and licorice as well as a mouthwateringly savory salted red meat undertone that carries through the multilayered and almost unstoppably vibrant finish. The clarity and polish of this performance are unlikely to diminish over the coming decade, but rather to be enhanced by their stay in bottle. - DS

Light and sinewy, with a hint of sour cherry and dark strawberry, this feels poised and a bit distant when first poured, in keeping with the vintage. It broadens with air, the texture going creamy and gently sweet, brightened by fine acidity. It’s a wine that’s quiet and composed to serve with smoked sturgeon or cod.