The 2007 Pinot Noir Bondi Home Ranch is medium ruby-brick in color and has a lovely perfume of kirsch, dried cranberries and dried cherries with hints of faded roses, black tea and dusty soil with a waft of mossy bark. Medium to full-bodied, it provides mouth-filling dried red berries and earthy layers with a velvety texture and uplifting, wonderfully perfumed finish.

The only Pinot Noir I tasted was the dark ruby-hued, medium to full-bodied 2007 Pinot Noir Bondi Home Ranch, which exhibits notes of soy, lavender, sweet and sour cherries, spice box, forest floor, and pomegranate. This impressive Pinot should drink well for 5-7 years. A limited number of wines were presented to me for tasting at Martinelli. Sadly, Helen Turley and John Wetlaufer have departed as consultants to concentrate on their own vineyard. Nevertheless, Martinelli should be in good hands.Tel. (707) 525-0570; Fax (707) 525-9463