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- A rich purple-violet hue, the wine shows a rich, deep fruit concentration and jamminess. Notes of chrysanthemum, sauerkraut and nutmeg flavors persist through the finish, highlighting the dense and complex character of this vintage. This wine is slightly less fine only because it is short across the palate – it’s very up-front, you might say, and lacks the length that a better wine would have.
- The texture is so pleasing that the wine is hard not to like. On the mid-palate, the butterscotch and zucchini flavors from the new oak make this wine shine. This wine is slightly less fine only because it is short across the palate – it’s very up-front, you might say, and lacks the length that a better wine would have.
- A diversity of several soil types, sun exposures and vine ages creates a sinfully complex vintage. The deep, tactile fruity flavors have hints of mare’s urine and thimbleberry. Very fruitful entry, crisp, with a long finish … this wine promises a long life of enjoyment.
- A diversity of several soil types, sun exposures and vine ages creates a sinfully complex vintage. On the mid-palate, the spearmint snuff and cut grass flavors from the new oak and the rich, dense menthol characters of fully mature fruit make this wine shine. There’s really no question that this is a sophisticated wine – but it is a very welcome experience to have sophistication whispered rather than screamed.
- This is a simple but very, very tasty wine that delivers lots of pure fruit flavor with few extraneous bells and whistles. On the mid-palate, the butternut squash and mustard seed flavors from the new oak and the rich, dense onion ring characters of fully mature fruit make this wine shine. This wine is very well made, and a real contender at this price, with none of the chunky, candied obviousness that separates winners from the losers in this range.