There’s an amazing array of fruit on the nose, from the deep richness of blackberry to the tartness of cranberry, all set against wet-slate minerality and dashes of clove cigarettes, soy sauce and white pepper. It proves light and airy on the well-balanced palate, with dark fruit, sandalwood spice and the right amount of acidity and tannins to finish clean.

From American Jess Jackson’s vineyard in St.-Emilion (run by the incomparable Pierre Seillan), the 2010 Lassegue possesses an opaque purple color as well as a dense, muscular, masculine style displaying lots of black cherry and black currant fruit intermixed with hints of new oak and graphite. Full-bodied but backward, this cuvee (like most of Seillan’s wines) is built for the long haul. It requires 5-7 years of patience and should last for 20+ years.

Damp forest floor give this wine a strong character of earthiness and wintery, savory notes, surrounded by intense black cherry, oak and firm, sizable tannins. Enjoyable now, the wine also shows promise for the future, able to relax through 2020.

From an unusual site long sourced by the producer, this vintage carries through in terms of intensity of flavor. Black tea and spice-tinged pomegranate surround a weighty structure of velvety tannins. Explosive dark cherry and raspberry complete the picture.

There’s an intensity of cola-cinnamon spice and clove within the aromas and flavors of this single-vineyard designate, intriguing invites to explore further. Pure, crisp and focused raspberry and earth follow, with a subtle use of oak that allows the fruit and varietal exoticness to speak.

Smoky and earthy, this is robust Pinot, brooding in dark, baked plum. Fuller bodied in style, it’s lush and dense on the palate, with a murky, forest-floor streak that’s both bewildering and bewitching. The finish is thick in toasty oak.

Super earthy, in the classic damp forest-floor way, this also offers hints of menthol, eucalyptus and tomato leaf. The wine begins light bodied, but builds up power and weight as it goes. Layered with black cherry and plum, it’s dark and savory.

Evoking the richness and slightly tart deliciousness of a strawberry-rhubarb compote, this is a bright, vibrant and chewy Pinot, its dry tannins peaking on the finish. From a great vineyard site long sourced by the producer, it’s on the lighter side in terms of body and weight, and may need further time to come into its own, through 2017.

Ripe and dense but with surprising brightness and assertiveness.

Ethereal and light, this is an understated Chardonnay for the producer, who offers several variations on the grape this vintage, this one sourced from an Eastside Road estate vineyard. Beeswax, tropical papaya and pear are the highlights, with a finish dusted in vanilla.

Clean as a whistle, mid-density in weight and volume and evident if moderate oakiness lifting its mix of ripe and slight green apple fruitiness, this wine is exactly what a $20 Chardonnay should be. It is somewhat rounded in texture with enough youthful energy for balance, and it demands no further aging to be rewarding in the near term yet can age a bit if that is your wont.

Toffee, cinnamon apples and a hefty swirl of smoke arise on the nose from the winery’s entry-level bottling. The palate shows caramelized pears, nicely bitter lemon rinds and warm, buttered nut toffee note that carries from first sip to the finish.

This warm-climate wine is fulsome and hearty in baked Asian pear and candied ginger. A dried-fruit quality stands out on the buxom palate, a buttery taste of dried apricot drizzled in honey and brioche.

Scents of lemon-cake icing meet the pretty yet not treacly tropical aromatics of white flowers on this barely off-dry wine. The sweetness is noticeable on the palate but far from overdone, with clean flavors of lemon custard, tangerine juice and a Key-lime finish.

Aged in white oak barrels from Minnesota, the winemaker’s home state, this wine offers exotic honeysuckle and baked pineapple at its core, beautiful aromas that gain weight on the texture. Toasted caramel and coconut define the finish.

Delivers a rich, focused, dense core of blackberry, black licorice, cedar and lavender, gaining depth, length and persistence on a long, full, layered finish.

This Zin is powerful and brooding, but the personality shines through. Mineral, fresh anise and raspberry aromas lead to dense, complex flavors of boysenberry, cracked pepper and sage. Finishes with bright acidity and firm but ripe tannins.

Firm and rich, focused on a tight core of licorice-laced blackberry, cedar, anise and savory herb flavors, this turns tamer toward the finish, finishing with a full-bodied aftertaste.

A muscular red, offering a potent mix of dense fruit and powerfully structured acidity and tannins. White pepper, boysenberry and loamy mineral aromas lead to deep blueberry, raspberry and anise flavors. Hands-off for now.

Jammed with fruit and well-structured, this offers bold black raspberry and mocha aromas and appealingly zesty red currant, spiced herb and toast flavors.

Delivers a solid core of ripe, juicy Chardonnay, with touches of apple, pear, honeydew melon and lightly spicy toasty oak shadings. Ends clean and a touch pithy.

Shows a dusty, cedary, dried herb and sage edge to the taut berry, mineral and anise flavors. Sleek and focused, with cola-laced tannins that are fresh and snappy.

Offers good structure and focus, with floral red currant and spicy brown tea aromas and flavors of cherry, cedar and dill. The tannins build toward the finish.

Honeyed and perfumed, with floral apple and citrus notes focused on the nose. A bit grainy and edgy on the palate, but should gain, turning more supple with time.

Pure, clean fruit offers ripe peach, pear and spice flavors, with no oak evident.