2010 Calera Pinot Noir Selleck Vineyard

The 2010 Pinot Noir Selleck Vineyard is off the hook. Coming from a warmer, south-facing plot of vines, it offers up a knockout bouquet of black raspberry, liquid flowers, crushed stone and new leather to go with a dense, concentrated, yet sexy and hedonistically slanted palate that’s grounded by a core of sweet fruit. Count me a fan. This beauty should be given a handful of years in the cellar and then consumed over the following decade or more. Drink 2015-2025. Open, voluptuous and sexy efforts, these all benefitted from substantial air time and gained richness and depth over the evening. They’re brilliant Pinot Noirs. www.calerawine.com

Calera's 2010 Pinot Noir Selleck Vineyard is silky on the palate and also highly expressive. Super-ripe red cherries, licorice, spices and menthol are all very much alive in the glass. The Selleck struggles to show its typically gracious personality, as it is intensely marked by the super-ripe exotic notes that are typical of the 2010s here. There is good persistence on the finish, but not quite the pedigree of the very best versions.