Delicate citrus blossom scents make for an elegant, airy aroma. Somewhat subdued on the palate.

Concentrated, dry and rather full bodied, this substantive wine offers green-apple and floral aromas, ripe apple and kiwi flavors and a soothing mouthfilling texture.

This very pale straw Pinot Grigio from Murphy Goode opens with a gentle white peach, tangerine and grapefruit rind bouquet. It is medium bodied, rather simple and round, with crisp acidity. It displays citrus and peach pit flavors along with mild minerality. Its moderate finish contains hints of pineapple. Enjoy this Pinot Grigio with Maryland crab cakes. 87 points. Very good.

The red berry and cherry flavors are clean-tasting and well-defined in this snappy style. Spicy finish.

Lean and clean, this simple, peppery pinot is gentle and a touch sweet. For beef stew.

Murphy-Goode is a solid label offering consistent quality Pinot for around $20. The style is round, juicy and easy drinking, with earthy, cherry, compost, spicy notes with a touch of oak. Ready to drink and designed for fun. Simply add your favourite pizza.

Lime and grapefruit aromas lead to crisp, dry and fresh citrus flavors in this medium-bodied and tautly balanced wine with a lively personality.

Well made in a light, easy style, this wine has classic aromas like dried cherry and cinnamon, and dry, appetizing flavors like sour cherry and rhubarb. It will make a great house wine at this reasonable price.

Weekend Wine Picks Murphy-Goode is a round, juicy, easy-drinking Pinot with a cherry, compost, spicy nose. The attack is Pinot sweet and round with earthy, cherry, beet root flavours and a twist of oak. Simple, soft and fun to drink with no complication. Perfect for pizza and chicken dishes. 87 points.

It's nice to see veteran winery Murphy-Goode craft its most successful Pinot Noir in at least 15 years. Dry and polished, it's ready to drink now. The palate boasts a soft, silky texture and delicious cranberry and raspberry flavors. With production of 49,000 cases, it's easy to find.

Clean and crisp in acidity, this polished PG features citrus fruit, pear, white flower and spice flavors. It's a racy, mouth-cleansing wine that's nice as an aperitif as the day comes to a close.

Wood smoke and cooked berry aromas yield to bold charred blackberry flavors encased in nicely grippy tannins and lifted by acidity. The wine is medium to full bodied, and quite bold in style.

This wine is oaky first and fruity second, showing smoky spicy aromas and equally spicy, lightly charred flavors. Medium body and moderate tannins give it heft on the palate and there's just enough blackberry flavor underneath to counterbalance the oakiness.

10 End-of-Summer Beauties Best Value This fruit-driven release from Murphy-Goode shows notes of plum, blueberry and black cherry with soft tannins. It has excellent value for the price.

Leading with a straightforward, mid-density nose of currants and black cherries and showing a trim of cocoa and dried herbs along with a wispy suggestion of smoke that is reiterated in its slightly solid, nicely filled flavors, this moderately full-bodied wine edges to tannin as it crosses the palate while keeping essential Cabernet fruit in sight at all times. While never especially flamboyant or flashy, it hits the right varietal marks at a very fair price and comes with the promise of a few years of improvement if cellared. One star, good value.

This is a value red made in a big full-bodied style that's thick, rich and chocolatey. Substantial heat and oak push the fruit forward with no hesitation.

This is simple, hearty California cabernet, its chewy blue-black fruit ripe and flavorful but not ponderous, lasting on a pleasant cassis aroma. Try it with lamb shanks braised in red wine.

Weighted in tannins and oak, this wine is also perfumed in ripe berry and chocolate, along with dried herb. Bittersweet tobacco marks the finish, complemented in vanilla.

...the 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon (from vineyards in Napa, Mendocino, Sonoma, Knight's Valley and Alexander Valley) is a soft, fruity effort with lots of herbaceously-tinged red and black fruits, plums and currants. This tasty Cabernet is best drunk over the next 4-5 years.

Smoky and smooth, this is a black and tannic cabernet, the kind of warm, meaty red that would meld well with braised beef.

A huge advancement over the previous vintage, representing new decisions by the winery. It's a rich, easy-drinking wine, showing delightful lime, peach, melon and lemongrass flavors, brightened by crisp acidity.

Green apple and unripe pear flavors dominate this savory style. The crisp finish shows dried green herbal notes.

Fresh tasting, dry and well balanced, this wine doesn’t go overboard but has everything in reasonable balance, including a buttery appley aroma, and good acidity to bolster the fruit flavors and add a little bite to the texture.

Rife with juicy, ripe apple fruit and sweetened further by a fair dollop of oak, Murphy-Goode’s Minnesota Cuvée is a rounded, clean, very direct, mid-sized Chardonnay that holds nothing in reserve. It is, like its straightforward winery mates, a wine of limited reach and range, but its extra fruity push makes it the preferred of the three.