From: Sonoma County
Prince: $20
Serve with: Prime rib, lamb
This is not one of those slight, delicate pinot noirs you'd want to serve with salmon. This is a full-bodied, bursting-with-fruit California pinot with pure and gripping black cherry and cassis flavors. It's a mouthful of flavor, but it has the acid zing to balance everything out. It's just a fun wine to drink.
--Michael Dresser, The Baltimore Sun