title: Silver Mountain 2009 Tondre's Grapefield Pinot Noir (Santa Lucia Highlands)
description: This wine's bottle aging allows a confluence of layers to work in harmony. The nose shows dill, black pepper, wet slate, just-ripe black cherry and pencil shavings, while the palate stacks black raspberry and blackberry fruit up against dried sagebrush and graphite. It's rich, but with enough earth and tartness to achieve balance. Drink now.
variety: Pinot Noir
designation: Tondre's Grapefield