Adam Tolmach, The Ojai Vineyard

“A few days ago, a friend of ours brought a bottle to taste with lunch. It was the ’97 Kistler Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast. What fascinated me about it--and it was a wonderful wine--was that it was very subtle. Texturally it reminded me of some very fine Burgundies. The wine was rather tannic, but very soft--it filled out the palate well . . . . It had the finesse of the finest Burgundies, which is hard to come by in California.”