Calera, Central Coast (California) Pinot Noir Mount Harlan Cuvée 2004

($28): Calera is one of California’s top Pinot Noir producers. This bottling comes mostly from vines–usually young–on Mount Harlan that produce fruit for wines that are meant for immediate consumption.  This ripe, big style of Pinot Noir conveys considerable finesse and complexity in the form of minerality atop ripe black fruit flavors.  It’s marred only by heat in the finish from the 14% alcohol. 88 Michael Apstein Aug 28, 2007