2010 Peter Michael "Clos du Ciel" Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

The 2010 Pinot Noir Clos du Ciel is another huge, dramatic Pinot, but here the site seems to confer an inner perfume and sweetness that keeps the things lively, balanced and energetic as the Clos du Ciel has an upper register that works to balance the overtness of the fruit. Plums, black cherries, hard candy, asphalt, licorice and cloves wrap around the expressive, richly textured finish. A rich, intense Pinot, the Clos du Ciel should drink nicely for another decade, if not longer. (AG)