A couple older pinot noir sampled recently:
1999 Testarossa Pinot Noir, Pisoni Vineyard, SLH: Bright medium red-blue to a pale garnet edge. Soft floral and crushed strawberry notes along with an animal sauvage quality, dark cherry and mild berry fruit with a pie spice accent on the nose. Cool and broad at first, turning quickly dry with a scorched earth quality that masks a core of rich, dried red berry and dark cherry fruit, quite wild with an underlying tartness that persists through a relatively long finish. 5/16/13
2000 Flowers Pinot Noir, Camp Meeting Ridge, Sonoma Coast: Medium red-blue to a pale garnet edge. Overtones of cinnamon and pie spice, wiry red berry and dark cherry fruit, cola and animal savor on the nose. Very dry, sharply acidic entry to a taut center where nervy red berry fruit meets pulpy dark cherry and plumskin, dusty forest floor elements and SC wildness add interest and the finish shows good length while maintaining the initial dryness. 4/25/13
These seem to share more similarities now than they did in their youth.