"Green's 2011 Pinot Noir Estate Vineyard Old Vine - from several in part ungrafted parcels of vines on - exhibits dark fruit, fine-grained tannins and an overall polish in striking contrast to the corresponding "regular" estate bottling. Deep, smoky, perfumed nut oils and black tea inflect juicy fresh plum and blackberry whose skins lend a fine sense of tension and ping but not outright tartness. The nuttiness here helps engender a sense of richness, as does a savor of crustacean shell reduction that, along with mineral salts, serves to liberate the salivary glands in a finish of prodigious length. At 12.5% alcohol, there is a sense of levity here rare nowadays in Pinot Noir no matter its place of origin. Look for this brilliant effort to dazzle through at least 2024."