The 2014 NUMERaTA reveals a more structured, powerful style of Pinot Noir that results from a warmer, dry year.  2014 is a legend in the making for California’s finest Pinot Noir sites, and this is certainly the case in the Russian River.  The wine’s dark color is the first signal of the wine’s serious concentration.  The fruit-driven nose of peppered strawberry and rhubarb is followed by accents of damp earth, mushroom and spice as the wine opens up.  The palate then steals the show with its muscular black cherry flavors and bold structure.  The wine still captures classic Pinot Noir elegance and showcases it through the finish with beautiful minerality, notes of dried cranberry, spice and herbs, and vibrant acidity.  Lovely today, the wine has a long and bright future ahead of it.