I haven't had much Pinot recently. The last one I tried tasted of bacon and smoke! Prices are pretty high, too. The Wine Spectator seems to really like a lot of the Oregon pinots. Again, $$$$$.

FWIW, a few pages back I mentioned that the Frei Bros chardonnay was a buttery/oaky style. Not the current Russian River vintage in the supers. They pulled a fast one on me - clearancing the old bottles (beautiful stuff) and bringing in massive quantities of the new stuff (decent, but unremarkable). Sorry.