Capiaux 'Freestone Hill' Pinot Noir 2006

Robert Parker 90
"The dark ruby-colored 2006 Pinot Noir Freestone Hill Vineyard reveals notes of damp earth, root vegetables, and sweet currant, plum, and cherry fruit. This spicy, medium-bodied effort is a bigger, more muscular Pinot than the Widdoes Vineyard. It should drink well for 5-7 years.

Sean Capiaux (who is also the winemaker for OShaughnessy on Howell Mountain) makes his own wines under the Capiaux Cellars label. He appears to have hit home runs with these early released 2007 Pinot Noirs, but he deserves high marks for his 2006s, a far more challenging vintage for this varietal."