Cristom Sommers Reserve Pinot Noir 2007

"Drawn from five blocks on the Cristom property, this complex pinot has savory scents of olive and dried leaves, Christmas spice and black cherry. There's a definite fleshiness to the strawberry flavors, the earth and herb notes contrasting bright fruit, suggesting a pairing with roast salmon."

93 Points

Wine & Spirits

"The 2007 Pinot Noir Sommers Reserve is a barrel selection aged in 60% new oak. It exhibits an expressive nose of cinnamon, allspice, smoke, black cherry and black raspberry. On the palate it has plenty of succulent fruit, good depth and concentration, and enough structure to evolve for 2-3 years. It will be at its best from 2011 to 2019."

90 Points

The Wine Advocate

"Medium red. Intensely perfumed bouquet of black raspberry, cherry-cola, anise and dried flowers, with a smoky undertone. A spicy, almost peppery midweight that offers sweet dark berry and bitter cherry flavors and slow-building smokiness. The very persistent finish repeats the spice note strongly."

90 Points

International Wine Cellar

"While it may not be the biggest or most muscular of Christom's line-up of Pinots, this wine earns our nod as the most complete of the bunch. Its very solid, nicely concentrated, ripe-cherry fruit is enriched by a careful complement of sweet oak, and, while quite well extracted, it has the balance to seem always light on its feet. Its bias to firmness makes us believers in its future, yet it is eminently tasty right now and is never so stiff as to dissuade early drinking."

90 Points

Connoisseurs' Guide