The 2014 Pinot Noir Terra Neuma is round, supple and accessible, making it one of the more pliant wines in the range. This is an especially soft, open-knit Sonoma Coast Pinot, with lovely up-front red cherry, plum, spice and leather flavors. The 17% whole clusters aren't especially evident. If anything, the Terra Neuma feels a bit riper than most of these Pinots. That is not at all a bad thing, as the 2014 will be ready to drink with minimal cellaring.

The biodynamic vineyard that Sussman sources for the 2014 Pinot Noir Terra Neuma is a cold site as well with very low yields, The clonal selections here are limited to Dijon 155 and 777. This wine gets the same oak treatment as the La Neblina, and the result is a floral, almost Musigny grand cru-like Pinot Noir with a very Burgundian personality. Crushed rocks, spring flowers, raspberries and black cherries are all present in this wine, which has medium to full body, terrific fruit intensity, purity and overall texture. Drink it over the next decade.