RP90:"“For this cuvee we go through looking for barrels that lean more toward opulence and darker, more confitured fruit,” explains Nate Ready by way of introducing Antica Terra’s 2010 Pinot Noir Botanica, whose de facto origins however are Shea Vineyard (which also formed the core of previous Botanica bottlings) and Old School Vineyard (a cool site at the southern extreme of the Willamette; in fact, not that far north of Eugene). Candied cherry, cassis and marzipan make for a confectionary aura that surprised me in a wine of only 13.3% alcohol, not to mention from this vintage. There is however a core of bright, juicy freshness to the fruit here such as would greatly have benefitted the corresponding “regular” bottling; and the oak seems a more appropriate and discreetly-integrated frame, its spice and caramelization complimenting the sweetness of fruit. Hints of cherry pit and bitter herbal concentrate, together offer welcome counterpoint to the sucrosity of a lingering finish. I suspect this will be worth returning to over at least a 6-8 year period. There are 374 cases, incidentally – more than twice as much as of the corresponding estate bottling. "