Top Pinot Noir of 2011 – “Legendary winemaker Gary Farrell has kept a low profile since selling his eponymous winery a decade ago.  Legal agreements prevent him from bottling under his own name, but he’s lost none of the fine touch that discerns his Russian River Pinots.  The 2008 Alysian has all the hallmarks – expansive red berry fruit flavors, toasty oak – that constitute Farrell’s best work.” Tim Dwight, Florida Today, December 2011