The Great Estates offerings are impressive...the exceptional 1999 Great Estates Cabernet Sauvignon Napa...This opaque purple-colored Cabernet...No shy wine at 14.5% alcohol, it exhibits aromas of vanilla, black currants, cedar, and loamy soil in addition to loads of concentrated fruit. Full-bodied and impeccably-balanced...

The 1999 Stature Cabernet Sauvignon Napa...It offers pure creme de cassis aromas fixed with vanilla in a multi-layered, young, unevolved style. Deep, powerful, and dense...

The Great Estates offerings are impressive...The outstanding 2000 Great Estates Zinfandel emerges primarily from Mendocino. It boasts a dense ruby/purple color as well as a sweet perfume of briery, berry fruit intermixed with mineral and pepper scents. Spicy, nicely layered, and full-bodied, this delicious Zin...

The Great Estates offerings are impressive...the 2000 Great Estates Chardonnay Arroyo Seco. Its complex bouquet of lemon zest, hazelnuts, minerals, and ripe tropical fruits is followed by a rich, well-textured Chardonnay with beautifully integrated oak...it represents a complex style of Chardonnay. All of these Chardonnays are excellent values considering their high quality.

The Great Estates offerings are impressive...Nearly as superb, but less complex are the...2000 Great Estates Chardonnay Sonoma Coast. Aromas of honeyed tangerines, lemon zest, smoke and earth emerge from this full-bodied, pure, ripe, nicely-textured effort. All of these Chardonnays are excellent values considering their high quality.

The Great Estates offerings are impressive...The 2000 Great Estates Chardonnay Santa Barbara...An example of California Chardonnay at its finest, it boasts loads of tropical fruits, medium to full body, and a flamboyant, spicy personality...All of these Chardonnays are excellent values considering their high quality.

The beautiful 2000 Sauvignon Blanc Upper Barn is an exotic yet refreshing offering displaying copious quantities of white currants and melons presented in a fresh, medium to full-bodied style with plenty of glycerin and fruit. Enjoy it over the next 1-2 years.

The 2000 Pinot Noir Russian River is primarily cherry liqueur combined with hints of root beer and spicy wood. Its light to medium ruby color belies the abundant flavor and texture found in this cuvee.

The 2000 Pinot Noir Estate Carneros is made in a Domaine Dujac style. Although the color is light, the flavors offer copious quantities of jammy cherry notes intermixed with smoked herbs, Peking duck, and Asian spices. Excellent texture, pretty, expansive flavors, and a medium-bodied, delicate finish with no hard edges...

The Great Estates offerings are impressive...The bigger, more complex and structured 1999 Great Estates Merlot exhibits this varietal's tell-tale chocolate/espresso characteristics along with a medium to full-bodied, powerful, Bordeaux-like personality.

The unrefined and unfiltered 2000 Chardonnay is an excellent value. It goes through full malolactic,and approximately 50% new oak is utilized in its upbringing. Lush fruit, and a big, honeysuckle, lemon butter, smoke, and subtle tropical fruit-scented nose emerges from this cuvee. It's no shy wine at nearly 14% alcohol.

The Great Estates offerings are impressive...The 2000 Great Estates Pinot Noir Monterey exhibits aromas of strawberries, cherries, minerals, and smoke. made in a style reminiscent of Burgundy's Domaine Dujac Morey-St.-Denis, it is a medium ruby-colored, earthy, plum, cherry, herb, and spice-filled effort with an open-knit, expansive personality.

The Great Estates offerings are impressive...The 1998 Great Estates Merlot offers up sweet black cherry fruit aromas and flavors with notions of vanilla and mocha in the background. medium to full-bodied, with chocolatey notes on the palate, and lush tannin...

The Great Estates offerings are impressive...1999 Great Estates Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley...Its dense purple color is accompanied by smoky black currant fruit intermixed with minerals and toasty oak. Although closed, it possesses medium to full body, good richness, and plenty of tannin.

The soft, round, surprisingly civilized 1999 Petite Sirah Eaglepoint Vineyard offers sweet tannin, medium body, and plenty of primary, peppery, blackberry fruit with hints of licorice and earth.

The simple, medium-bodied 2000 Syrah Eaglepoint Vineyard reveals straightforward, earthy and loamy soil notes intermixed with black fruits and tar. Well-made, clean, and ripe, but not complex...

Zinfandel is one of the stars at Edmeades, and the 1999 Zinfandel Mendocino is an excellent value. Medium ruby-colored, with a smooth texture as well as big, sweet aromas and flavors of cherries and raspberry jam, this fruity, luscious, hedonistic Zin...

One of California's finest Gewurztraminers is Edmeades' 2000. It offers up that varietal's classic rose petal/floral bouquet along with elegant, fresh flavors, medium body, and abundant fruit.

There are 500 cases of the honeysuckle, jasmine, and citrus-scented and flavored 2001 Viognier. This light to medium-bodied, crisp, tangy white is dominated by its fruit.

The 2000 Chardonnay exhibits crisp underlying acidity along with notes of honeyed citrus, medium body, subtle wood, and a clean, zesty, tangy finish.

The 1999 Grand Reserve Merlot offers a sweet perfume of chocolate, cherries, mocha, and vanilla, tangy acidity, medium to full body, and a spicy finish with noticeable oak.

The Bordeaux-like 1999 Grand Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon...Notions of cedar, tobacco, red and black currants emerge from this structured, muscular Cabernet, but high tannin dominates its personality.

...the 1999 Stature Merlot North Coast. While it revealed high acidity as well as tannin, structure, and ripeness, it was closed and monolithic the day I tasted it.

The elegant 1999 Grand Reserve Meritage offers aromas and flavors of red currants, spice box, and dried herbs, along with firm tannin in the medium-bodied finish. This St.-Emilion-styled red...