The luscious wild cherry, cranberry, rose petal and sweet dried-spice notes of the Gavilan Pinot Noir go perfectly with Moroccan lamb stew over couscous. The stew's North African spices echo the wine's inherent cinnamon and high-mountain sage expression. While this wine was made to be more fruit-driven than the terroir-focused Chalone Estate wines, it shows the intriguing minerality that is the signature of the mountaintop Chalone appellation.