A brilliant wine, the 2019 Pinot Noir Gap's Crown Vineyard has a smoky, complex, medium-bodied, and perfectly balanced style that carries pure black raspberry and redcurrant fruits, notes of autumn forest floor, spice, and sweet earth, supple tannins, and just gorgeous purity of fruit. This classic, quintessential, pure, straight-up seamless Sonoma Coast beauty will keep for over a decade, although I see no need to hold off.

Crushed berries in the nose with pine-needle and conifer highlights. Full-bodied with lovely density of fruit and a long, flavorful finish. A kind of sweet-and-sour undertone to this. Delicious now, but will improve with age. Best after 2023.

Floral and earthy on entry, this medium-bodied wine is strong in tannin and savory persistence, mixing forest floor and black tea with crushed rock elements. The oak is nuanced and supportive, helping to further structure and frame the wine. — Virginie Boone