Reviews

Pale medium-red. Exotic, inviting scents of red cherry, orange zest, truffle and smoky underbrush. Fat, sweet and rich, with a rather animal, syrah-like quality to its dark fruit flavors. Not particularly delineated but there's plenty of substance here, and adequate energy. Finishes with a soft dusting of tannins. This is already fun to dirnk.

There’s a hard edge to this red, derived from the acidity, tannins and a firm, stony element. The flavors evoke currant and cherry, with a touch of spice and earth. Still closed on the finish. Best from 2016 through 2032.

The black cherry core is framed by vanilla and smoky oak notes in this powerful, beefy red. The tannins dominate the ripe fruit at this stage, contributing to a raw finish. The elements are all there, but this needs time to come together in the cellar. Best from 2017 through 2035.

This lean, sinewy red is marked by a tannic edge and a cedar note. There’s intensity to the cherry and berry fruit, finishing sweet, with a spicy accent.

An intensely floral nose of violets, lavender and lilac serves to add considerable elegance to the very fresh red pinot fruit that is substantially cut with wet stone and earth nuances. The large-bodied and imposingly structured flavors possess outstanding mid-palate density with an abundance of mouth coating and tannin-buffering dry extract, all wrapped in a textured, driving and built to age finish. This brooding and tightly wound effort will require close to 20 years to reach its apogee.

This is a good price for a Cab so rich and supple. It’s very deep in flavor, with flavors of blackberry pie filling, milk chocolate, an­ise and sweet oak, yet it’s softly balanced and dry. Just delicious for drinking now.

This is a good price for a Cab so rich and supple. It's very deep in flavor, with flavors of blackberry pie filling, milk chocolate, anise and sweet oak, yet it's softly balanced and dry. Just delicious for drinking now.

This is a dark, succulent profile, with lots of mixed berry, plum sauce and fig paste notes laced with licorice root and ganache, all carried by well-imbedded acidity. Shows nice grip and purity through the finish. Best from 2013 through 2020.

Best Buy. This bright, bouyant wine should more than please Zinfandel lovers that crave zesty fruit and want a wine that will drink comfortably with all sorts of foods.

Smooth and concentrated with a magnificent core of raspberry, wild berry, blackberry and pomegranate flavors that all come together perfectly on a spicy, lengthy finish; great value.