A fine Cabernet, more elegant than many more rustic Cabs that come out of this hot, interior Sonoma County valley. The wine is fully dry, but the blackberry fruit is sweetly strong and spicy, and the tannins are wonderfully fine. Drink over the next five years.
— S.H.
(11/1/2011)
This Zin is very rich and elaborate in chocolate, raspberry jam and white pepper spice, and high alcohol gives it a glycerine sweetness. But a crisp streak of acidity provides needed balance. Drink now with barbecue, Chinese mushu pork, Mexican beef dishes.
— S.H.
(11/1/2011)
The winery donates to breast cancer research and cure. The wine is pretty good, offering rich, sweet flavors of raspberries, oranges and limes.
— S.H.
(12/15/2011)
The alcohol on this wine is 16.2%, so high that it makes the wine taste as sweet as Port. There may even be residual sugar, giving it the taste of blackberry jam and chocolate.
— S.H.
(11/1/2011)
Everything about this Syrah is fine except the softness. It’s dry, rich in tannins and properly flavored, with layered notes of blackberries, cassis, dark chocolate, black pepper and dark chocolate. But it feels lifeless in the mouth, lacking the vivacity a fine Syrah needs.
— S.H.
(11/1/2011)
Soft and sweet, with jammy berry and currant flavors, and the glyceriney sugar of high alcohol. Will appeal to fans of this style, but it’s really too sweet for a dry table wine.
— S.H.
(11/1/2011)