Here’s a fresh, young mountain wine that needs time in bottle, or serious decanting. It’s muted now, with powerful tannins, but shows great promise in the wealth of blackberry and blueberry fruit and overall refinement. Best after 2007.
— S.H.
(11/15/2006)
Smoky, rich and dramatic. Opens with peppery, new oaky aromas leading to deep, lush flavors of ripe blackberries, blueberries and chocolate. Almost perilously sweet, but saved by a tannic finish. Drink now and for a few years.
— S.H.
(11/15/2006)