Stewart Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2006

Beautiful, beautiful cherry red translucent wine. This is the wine you see in commercials and on book covers for a bright, red, shining Pinot Noir. Would photograph if I had a fresh beautiful glass handy to showcase the wine in. Red strawberries, some cherry, a bit of cola, some spice and licorice from the French oak. It's bright, fresh and lively at the front, with fresh red fruit dominating, nicely acidic and tart, light to mid weight, and a very long, mouth watering finish, reminds me of cherry Twizzler's (that's a compliment from me). Well rounded, no inconsistency front to back. Relatively low production, 1000 cases according to their website at http://www.stewartcellars.com it's made from Russian River Valley Gibson Vineyard Pinot Noir, with Paul Hobbs as their consulting winemaker. I really enjoyed this wine, though some might say it's too much fruit and not enough other complexity in the wine. About $40 if I recall correctly.