Pretty and polished, this Merlot has well-ripened cherry, cocoa and blackberry flavors, with a nice swoosh of wintergreen. It’s dry, with decent acids, and is quite balanced. Will make a good, versatile food wine.
— S.H.
(12/1/2005)
This is a big, gutsy, muscular Merlot marked by hard, dry tannins. That doesn’t mean it’s not rich. It is, in black cherries, black currants, mocha and oak, but it remains a tough, hard wine despite being nearly six years old. Not going anywhere.
— S.H.
(5/1/2010)
A touch of dust, dried sage, clover and dried tobacco accompanies the peach and apricot flavors in this wine. The finish is semisweet, and a bit soft.
— S.H.
(12/1/2005)
Lots of good flavor in this dry wine, with blackberries, black currants and herbs. But it’s very hard in tannins, with a drily astringent mouthfeel that no amount of age is likely to mitigate.
— S.H.
(5/1/2010)
Dry and rough in texture, with berry, cherry, tobacco, herb and spice flavors wrapped into edgy, slightly green tannins. Turns sharp on the finish, and not likely to age.
— S.H.
(5/1/2010)
A simple Chardonnay whose overdose of French oak does little to enhance the thin, reedy flavors of citrus fruits. The wine, which is nicely crisp and dry, would be better unoaked.
— S.H.
(5/1/2010)