An exceptional value, this is buttery and round, loaded with peaches and creamy vanilla flavors. Solidly mainstream and quite delicious in a full-on, barrel-fermented, 100% malolactic style.
— P.G.
(8/1/2010)
Brown spices around sour cherry fruit flavors roll through the midpalate; then the wine turns a bit thin and hard. More time in the bottle may soften it up a bit further; right now it drinks well with food, especially a nice, fat roast of beef.
— P.G.
(5/1/2011)
Dark, with a complex nose mixing very ripe, raisiny fruit with smoke and a hint of spoilage. The wine seems pushed just over the edge, losing focus and definition. The fruit quickly gives way to leaf and forest floor flavors in an herbal, earthy finish.
— P.G.
(5/1/2011)