Ruby. Medium-bodied. Balanced acidity. Moderately extracted and oaked. Earth, black fruits, dried herbs. Unusual rustic nuances billow from the glass, but settle down with breathing time. Shows lively acidity and reasonable extraction of fruit. The finish is balanced and fairly firm.

Ripe and spicy with a pretty core of ripe cherry and raspberry flavor. Finishes with firm tannins and good length.

A bit rustic and edgy, showing a rawness to the tannins and the texture, though this doesn't shortchange on flavor, with dark berry, earth and anise notes. 87 points. Very good.

The 2001 Legacy, a proprietary red wine blend dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon (90%) and the rest Merlot and Cabernet Franc, exhibits the best balance between tannin and fruit. It does not have the intensity of the Black Cougar Ridge or the ferociousness of the Christopher's, but it might be better for it. Not the most complex or concentrated of this trio, it appears to have struck a sweeter note between the wine's structure, fruit and charm. All of these Stonestreet offerings were made under winemaker Mike Westrick. Before his death, Jess Jackson as well as his wife, Barbara Banke, agreed that there was often too much tannin and wood in the wines. Those mistakes have been corrected over the last five or six vintages under the guidance of South African winemaker, Graham Weerts.

Richer and more interesting is the 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon. This dense ruby/purple-colored offering's bouquet includes scents of smoke, melted licorice, chocolate, espresso, black currants, and plums. Medium-bodied, with excellent depth and moderate tannin, it needs 2-3 years of cellaring, and should last for 15.

Smoky saddle leather, vanilla, coffee, peppery, black olive aromas with some cassis and dill notes. Dry, rich, slightly tannic and tight entry, a bit lean. Black olive, smoky vanilla, peppery, herbal, spicy coffee flavours. Very dry cedar-y, tannin finish. Out-of-synch.

Aromas of white grapefruit and grass. Supple in texture, but with Loire-like flavors of grapefruit and earth. Offers good fruit but only moderate complexity.

It is a big, full-bodied Sauvignon, with plenty of honeyed melon and fig-like fruit, smoky, rich, chewy flavors, and a ling, lusty finish. If you like Sauvignon Blanc made in a Chardonnay style, this will be immensely pleasing.

The 2001 Sauvignon Blanc Upper Barn reveals aromas of figs and melons along with crisp, tart acidity in a pungent, medium-bodied style. Drink it over the next year.

Buttery, lees, ripe fig, hay, melon, vanilla, honey aromas. Rich, round, dry style with mineral, spicy lees, roasted bell pepper, grassy, buttery fig flavours. Fairly dry, mineral, buttery finish. Somewhat bordelais in style.

Aromas of crystallized lemon peel & yellow plum. Fat & sweet but rather diffuse, with modest nuance. Finishes with persistent, buttery fruit.

…is a naturally fermented offering with lavish quantities of toasty new oak, smoky, buttery fruit, a leesy complexity, and a chewy, medium to full-bodied, lusty finish. …it delivers copious fruit, wood, and mouthfilling flavors.

2005 CHARDONNAY ALEXANDER VALLEY The 2005 Chardonnay Alexander Valley, is an 8,000-case cuvee revealing plenty of crisp acidity as well as orange marmalade and honeyed lemon notes. It is a lovely, fruity white with the wood component kept well in the background...

Butterscotch aromas, buttery, nutty flavors and full body make a pretty big impact as this dry and full-bodied wine pulls them all together.

Moderate golden yellow color and clear in the glass. Flinty, struck match aromas accompany scents of peach, dried herbs and almond. Somewhat exotic, with flavors of peach, apricot, apple brown butter and brioche. Nicely balanced with an easygoing vibe.

2017 PINOT NOIR, RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY The nose is a spicy tomato tapenade and carbon, tobacco and cherry. The palate is a polished silky red cherry. Supple yet not well developed.

Spicy, savory and firmly tannic, as the dried red berry, fresh earth, light cedar and road tar notes form a solid core of flavors.

Aromas of oak vanillin and shy purple fruits lead to a mid weight charge of succulent black raspberry and boysenberry fruits backed by balanced tannins. The oak treatment is overwhelming on the nose, but is well integrated on the palate. The finish offers a pleasingly boisterous fruit presence.

This firmly built middleweight sets its compass on clean, fairly direct red cherry fruit and flirts with tangy, cranberry traits here and there. It is pleasantly rounded on entry and briefly shows a touch of fleshiness but tightens and turns to acidity as it crosses the palate. It closes on a slightly chalky note that argues for a bit of age, and, while not one of Siduri's more expressively fruity wines, it should emerge from its youthful shell and show a little more richness with a brief cellar stay. 87 points. One star.

The 2015 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast) is a dark, ripe wine that very much reflects the intensity and low yields of the vintage. Black cherry, chocolate, spice and licorice give the wine its brooding personality. This is an especially dark, concentrated Sonoma Coast Pinot.

Whiffs of menthol and smoke add breadth to the plum and blue berry scented nose. The supple and forward flavors possess a sleek and rounded mouthfeel before terminating in a balanced and sneaky long finish. Like several of the wines in the range this needs more depth to be at the next level but I like the delivery plus more complexity should develop if it is allowed a few years of cellar time. 87 points.

Although lighter and lesser in concentration than a good many of its cellarmates, this offering from Oregon's Willamette Valley is a bright, firmly balanced, medium-bodied Pinot Noir that favors the tart, red cherry end of the varietal spectrum. It is more pert than it is ripe and rich, but it does not wander off its fruity path and is a wine worth considering when the night's menu features slightly lighter fare. 87 points. One star.