92 pts(CW)I tasted the wine this week and it is
drinking beautifully.spicy red currant
and black cherry fruit that's smooth and polished, with mild, integrated
tannins. At $80 was overpriced but at $39.95 is a steal! Al Jabarin Calwine
90pts(CGW)This
blend of Bordelais varieties does an exceptional job of capturing both the
complexity that its makeup ought to promise as well as also showing the depth
and richness of NapaValley fruit. It is
fairly full at entry with a supple feel that leads to balanced cassis and oak
flavors and then to a tannic end game in need of cellaring of some six to eight
years.Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine Volume
33 Issue 2: December 2008
Winery Notes: Dark
garnet red very dense and brambly. The dark black fruit is complemented by
sweet anise, sage, bay and toasty oak notes.Rich, supple and dense, loaded with dark blackberry fruit and ripe
mountain tannin. Chewy, big-boned and intense, the flavors fill the pallet and
continue with blackberry and coffee notes rounding out the long finish. 53%
Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot, 3% Malbec. This is a California Wine
