The 2016 Sauvignon Blanc, from estate vineyards in Knights Valley, is deep, and pliant in feel. Varietal aromatics and flavors lie in the background, while the wine's fruit intensity give the wine its weight and overall resonance.

There are just over 3,100 cases of the 2014 Sauvignon Blanc Naissance, a lovely, crisp, fresh Sauvignon Blanc with an affinity to a Loire Valley Fumé Blanc. Loads of honeysuckle, melony and tropical fruit jump from the glass of this 100% Sauvignon Blanc, which was aged sur lie for six months. The wine has excellent purity, palate presence and a dry, crisp, zesty style. Drink it over the next several years.

The 2013 Sauvignon Blanc Naissance (2,500 cases) is 100% Sauvignon Blanc, half of which is aged sur-lie in neutral French oak and half in stainless steel barrels. Aromas of honeyed melons, grapefruit and citrus emerge from this medium-bodied, fresh, lively, intriguing, delicious dry Sauvignon Blanc. It should drink nicely for 2-3 years.

The 2014 Merlot Bosché Vineyard comes from the famous historic site in Rutherford. It is 100% Merlot aged 16 months in French oak. This is a delicious, darker fruited style of Merlot, with a broader, more expansive mouthfeel, medium to full body, and excellent ripeness, length and depth. It should drink nicely for 12-15 years at minimum.

Nicely defined, black cherry fruit sits in the starring role here even if the wine is on the more structured, slightly sturdy and less outgoing side of things, and it is highlighted with touches of cocoa and tea with a tailored bit of oak in support. If sufficiently tannic to warrant some years of keeping, this one has the stuffing and balance to develop quite well, and we recommend that it be set aside for another four or five years and given the chance to grow into its best.

With a nose of red cherries and root beer and flavors to match, this relatively sturdy youngster is slightly tough and gruff at this point, but it conveys a good sense of moderately deep Merlot fruit and suggests that complexity is in the offing with age. It does not demand a full decade of patience, but it will pay dividends to those willing to wait for five or six years.

Good bright red. Spicy aromas of raspberry, blueberry and cocoa powder enlivened by a peppery nuance. Juicy, savory and dry, with enticing floral lift to the red berry and spice flavors. Finishes with firm, slightly dry-edged tannins.

A juicy, fruity Merlot, packed with fresh flavors of blackberries, cherries, red currants, licorice and cedar, and totally dry on the finish. The tannins are very fine. Shows lots of lush complexity for the price.

Nicely structured, with vibrant acidity and firm, gripping tannins that hold the core cherry, plum and blackberry flavors in place, ending with a long, persistent finish.

Bright ruby. Deep, smoky aromas of berry liqueur, violet, spice cake and bitter chocolate. Lush on entry, then rather penetrating but slightly green in the middle palate, with dry flavors leading to rather tough, drying tannins. I recall that the 2000 version of this wine also seemed tougher in bottle than it did from barrel.

Deep ruby-red. Aromas of plum and cedar. Sweet and pliant, with fine-grained flavors of red fruits, wild herbs and toasty oak. The firm tannins turned broader as the wine opened in the glass. This and the Sycamore Vineyard cuvee are slated for a May bottling.

Lifted floral notes give the 2016 Pinot Noir Maggy Hawk its distinctly lifted, gracious personality. The 50% whole clusters are nicely integrated. The flavors are bright, precise and nicely sculpted in this light to mid-weight Pinot. The Maggy Hawk is an addition to the Copain range.

Another addition to the range, the 2016 Pinot Noir Sealift emerges from a vineyard in Annapolis. Despite its coastal location, the Sealift tastes and feels riper than most of the other wines in this lineup. Black cherry, plum, chocolate, spice, new leather and licorice add to an impression of generosity. For now, the Sealift Pinot appears to be a work in progress.

Lifted floral notes give the 2016 Pinot Noir Maggy Hawk its distinctly lifted, gracious personality. The 50% whole clusters are nicely integrated. The flavors are bright, precise and nicely sculpted in this light to mid-weight Pinot. The Maggy Hawk is an addition to the Copain range.

Saturated ruby. Superripe but less extreme on the nose than the estates second wine, Vignot, offering blackberry, minerals, licorice and dark chocolate. Dense, lush and chewy but classically dry despite superb breadth and superripe notes. Notes of dark berries and smoke. Finishes broad, lush and sweet, with substantial dusty tannins and flavor of black raspberry. This reminded me of a very rich dry port. Its very early days for this wine, and my score may prove to be conservative

Ruby-red. Subdued, reticent aromas of cassis, licorice, minerals and musky dark chocolate. Broad, large-scaled and dry but less filled in than the Dakota and showing less personality today. There's good material here but today the wine's substantial tannins cut off the fruit. And this wine was slightly de-acidified, noted co-owner Barbara Banke.

Loads of upfront fruit, but not the depth, power or structure of its older siblings. With wonderful suppleness, it will undoubtedly be more of a crowd pleaser than its packed, stacked, more serious predecessors. The 2004 should be drinkable upon release, and last a decade or more.

The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Grand Reserve looks outstanding. There are 15,000 cases of this wine, coming from some of the best sites in the Jackson Sonoma portfolio. It is nearly 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, all emerging from mountain and benchland vineyards. Dense ruby/purple with notes of lead pencil shavings, creme de cassis, licorice and spice box, this wine should prove to be impressive once it’s bottled and released.

Today, the 2015 Pinot Noir Far Coast Vineyard comes across as raw, powerful and not fully formed. This is the least expressive of these 2015 Pinots today. Readers will have to be patient, as the 2015 is going to need time to come around. Game, leather, dark stone fruit and incisive tannins are front and center.

A totally different side of Anderson Valley takes shape in the 2015 Pinot Noir Velvet Sisters. Bright red stone fruit and spice notes are the signatures, but ultimately the Velvet Sisters comes across as a bit austere and compact, with less depth and mid-palate pliancy than most of the other wines in this range. It will be interesting to see if the 2015 fleshes out over time.

Bright ruby. Briary black fruits, dark chocolate and menthol on the youthfully medicinal nose. Broader and sweeter today than the 2001, with black fruit and menthol flavors. Then finishes with a substantial load of chewy, tough tannins that reach the teeth.

Inky in color, tannic, and dense, with plenty of muscle and structure, but not as much sweetness or charm as the 1999. The harvest was extremely late as this is on one of the windiest and coolest sections of the Alexander Mountain Estate Vineyard. Neverthless, this is a very good effort that will require patience. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2014.

Composed of 99% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Malbec aged 19 months in French oak (47% new), the 2008 Grand Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon displays an inky/purple color as well as abundant aromas of creme de cassis, camphor, tobacco leaf, licorice and background smoky oak. This rich, full-bodied Cabernet admirably showcases the potential for rich, layered, ageworthy Cabernet Sauvignon from Sonoma. It will benefit from another 1-2 years of bottle age and should keep for at least 12 years. Kendall-Jackson enjoys a well-deserved reputation for over-delivering quality vis à vis price for its wines.

The 2014 Lassègue is laced with dark red stone fruits, freshly cut flowers and mint. Deceptively medium in body, the 2014 possesses lovely depth and structure in a silky, fruit-driven style.

Light pink in color with a slight funkiness to it. Again, though, the palate is much better than the nose, even quite good. Very Good to Excellent.