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Calera 2002 Jensen Vineyard Pinot Noir (Mt. Harlan)

Editors' Choice

Price $53

Enormously aromatic, endlessly complex, this is one of the best Calera Pinots. It feels full and complete, despite the elegantly light silkiness in the mouth, and the crisp acids and dusty tannins that frame cherry, cola, rhubarb, pomegranate, coffee and vanilla spice flavors. Enjoyable now, this wine thankfully strikes a different direction from today’s heavy… — S.H. (7/1/2006)

Calera 2007 Mills Vineyard Pinot Noir (Mt. Harlan)

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Price $45

Typically Calera’s most luscious, delicious wine in youth. The year 2007 was kind, and the result is a Pinot rich in cherries, raspberries, licorice and cola, wrapped into a silky texture, with near perfect acids and tannins. As good as it is now, it should develop over the next 6–8 years. — S.H. (12/15/2010)

Calera 2007 Ryan Vineyard Pinot Noir (Mt. Harlan)

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Price $40

This is one of the most forward and accessible of Calera’s new releases. It’s superrich now in black cherry liqueur, mocha, licorice, bacon and spice flavors, a seductively silky wine that’s a total hedonistic pleasure. If you can keep from drinking it now, it should develop well over the next 6–8 years. — S.H. (12/15/2010)

Calera 1997 Viognier (Mount Harlan)

Price $30

Very aromatic, with lots of tropical fruit, citrus, spice and lees notes. Intensely fruity and spicy, really sears the palate with flavor, like the essence of fruit, but bone dry. A wonderful, complex, powerful wine with a long, rich finish. — S.H. (10/1/1999)

Calera 1996 Chardonnay (Mount Harlan)

Price $38

Smells important. Impressively complex aromas of tropical fruit, oak, spice, lees and buttered toast; distinguished. Very spicy, buttery, creamy and fruity. Ultraclean, tight and nervous. Needs time. Very high quality. — S.H. (10/1/1999)

Calera 2006 Chardonnay (Mount Harlan)

Editors' Choice

Price $25

Brilliant Chardonnay, compulsively drinkable. You’ll find a fabulous array of flavors, ranging from pineapples, mangoes and limes to lees- and oak-influenced smoke and creamy vanilla. There’s also a juicy streak of crisp acidity and a flinty tang of minerals in the finish. Very fine. — S.H. (6/1/2008)

Calera 2002 Selleck Vineyard Pinot Noir (Mt. Harlan)

Cellar Selection

Price $58

This is the palest and lightest of Calera’s ‘02 Pinots, but paradoxically it’s enormously concentrated in flavor and possible the most ageworthy. It explodes with cherry cola, cherry pie filling, raspberry, blueberry, cocoa-dusted latte and cinnamon-nutmeg spice. But it has the depth and balance for the long haul. Best now through 2012. — S.H. (12/1/2006)

Calera 2003 Selleck Pinot Noir (Mt. Harlan)

Price $60

You’ll fall in love with this Pinot right away for its softly luscious flavors and balanced harmony. The cherries and raspberries taste like they came from gorgeously ripe fruit, baked into a delicious pie. Yet somehow the wine stays dry and elegant, due in part to its acidity. Tastes completely young and fresh now, and should develop bottle complexity through 2012. — S.H. (6/1/2007)

Most Reviewed Varietals

Chardonnay Other White Pinot Noir Viognier

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Mount Harlan Mt. Harlan

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