Weekend Wine Notes: Six Excellent Reds

Three pinot noirs, two cabernet sauvignons, one syrah; a nice sense of symmetry, n'est-ce pas? Five from California, one from Oregon's Willamette Valley. All rated Excellent. One more costly than most of us can afford, the others more reasonable. All offering many virtues and confidences of the vineyard, the grape, the winemaker's gentle and genial art.…