2002 Testarossa, Pinot Noir, Bien Nacido Vineyard

Medium garnet. Cherry and oak on the nose. Big forward fruit flavors of cherry, plums, and raspberry with hints of muskiness, moderate acid and a long fruit finish. A very good Pinot Noir that continued to improve with airing. My rating 88.

I recently tasted the 2004 Bien Nacido Pinot Noir from Testarossa at the winery. It is very good, perhaps slightly better than this 2002, but the 2004 is very young and tight and needs a couple of years to open up.