Le Cadeau Rocheux Reserve Pinot Noir 2012

Bright ruby. Expansive dark berry preserve, incense, floral pastille and cola scents show striking clarity and energy, with notes of mocha and woodsmoke adding complexity. Fleshy and broad but lively too, offering intense black raspberry and spicecake flavors that gain flesh and sweetness with air. Smoothly balances richness and vivacity and finishes on a smoky note, with lush red and dark berry preserve notes that refuse to let up. Score - 94. (Josh Raynolds, vinousmedia.com, July 2014)