This red blend is 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 3% Syrah—peppery, tannic, and fruity. A jam and toast style, it shows some heat in the finish.
— P.G.
(8/1/2010)
High-toned, dark, extracted, and oaky. In the mouth it’s soft and pliant, the tannins smoothed out and the barrel aging somewhat masking underlying flavors of herb and green olive.
— P.G.
(8/1/2010)
Quite extracted and dark, which makes for some bitter tannins that are somewhat buried in lots of new oak chocolate flavor. This is an over-the-top style, though the grapes don’t seem to have the ripeness to match the oak and extraction.
— P.G.
(8/1/2010)