(40 percent new oak) Limpid ruby. Potent, spice-accented red and blue fruit scents pick up notes of candied flowers and minerals with aeration. Juicy, supple and expansive on the palate, offering pliant black raspberry and boysenberry flavors, along with hints of star anise and cola. Shows a suave blend of richness and vibrancy and finishes impressively long and sappy; rounded tannins lend gentle grip. This plush, very sexy wine strongly reminded me of a top-drawer wine from Vosne-Romanée.

The 2014 The Fire Fire+Flood, from volcanic soils cropped at two to three tons per acre and matured in 40% new French oak for 12 months has more red fruit than the 2014 Flood - redcurrant, Morello and crushed strawberry coming through with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, supple tannin. There is a little more acidity here that imparts more tension, while it has the same salinity as the Flood on the finish. This is an excellent and quite sophisticated Pinot Noir that is my pick from Chapter 24's three contributions to the 2014 vintage.