The 2012 Pinot Noir Grace Vineyard is a wine that Erik Kramer said essentially "makes itself." It was picked October 10-12 and raised in 50% new oak over 16 months. It has a vibrant, very pure and more fruit-forward bouquet with blackcurrant and raspberry fruit with a tincture of iodine. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, quite succulent tannin. This is very pure and refined with carefully placed, precise blackcurrant and redcurrant notes and a healthy dose of cracked black pepper lending race on the finish and extending the aftertaste. Superb.