…exhibits a creamy, honeysuckle, ripe tropical fruit-scented nose with smoky oak in the background. It is a medium to full-bodied, ripe, lush, pure Chardonnay with a succulent, fat texture.

It exhibits a medium ruby/garnet color, followed by a moderately intense nose of plums, black cherries, earth, and spice. Soft, round, and well-made, this open-knit Pinot Noir can be enjoyed over the next several years.

…displays a crisp, elegant, medium-bodied style, earthiness, tangy acidity, and a ripe pear, white peach, and citrusy nose, and flavors.

This wine has a medium ruby color, and a pronounced cherry/strawberry jam-scented nose with some spice in the background. A Fruity, tasty wine with balancing acidity…

…displays a medium ruby color, followed by smoky, berry, and herb aromas with toasty oak in the background. The wine possesses good ripeness and light tannin.

…reveals attractive sweet cassis and black raspberries in its aromatics. Spice and pepper are present in this medium-bodied, pleasant, cleanly made Syrah.

…is an aggressively wooded, cassis, black cherry, and smoky-scented and flavored wine with outstanding ripeness, lush cherry flavors and a heady finish.

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.

…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.

It exhibits this varietal's honeysuckle and apricot-like notes, medium body, good underlying acidity, no noticeable oak, and a touch of residual sugar.

…is a lush, melony, honeyed, full-bodied Sauvignon with considerable appeal. Broad, expansive, rich, and leesy…

…exhibiting gravelly/stony scents in the nose, and unmistakable mineraly, medium-body, and more acidity.

Although the wine exhibits a fine berry/briery character , good ripeness, and plenty of purity, the acid level is unintegrated at this stage.

could turn out to be excellent given its saturated ruby/purple color, attractive, moderately intense crème de cassis and blackberry-scented nose, and fruity, medium-boded flavors. Soft, with low acidity, and spicy, peppery notes in the background, it should age nicely for 4-5 years.

…is a deeper, richer wine with more color, body, and glycerin. Both of these Syrahs are made in a soft, round style meant to be drunk over the next 3-5 years.

…is a crisp, elegant, fruit-driven wine with adequate varietal character, melony, honeyed fruit, good purity, and a flavorful, crisp finish.

…the quality of the 1997 Pinot Noir's Vintner's Reserve was impressive. The wine possesses a light ruby color, and a red current, cherry, and blackberry-scented nose with spicy oak in the background. This medium-bodied, savory Pinot presents a accurate portrait of this varietal's character. There are many luxury-priced Pinot Noirs from both the New World and the Old World that are no as pleasurable as this offering.

It exhibits good, waxy, melony fruit, and like many of these wines, good purity and a fruit-driven personality.

…is one of the finest I have tasted in recent vintages. The bouquet offers up pear and tropical fruit notes in addition to apple-like aromas. This fruit-driven, medium-bodied, fresh, lively, tasty Chardonnay should be consumed during its first year of life.

…smokier, more herbaceous-scented wine, with more depth, body, and tannin…

…displays blackberry and cassis notes intermixed with dusty earth tones and pepper. It is soft, fruit-driven, and well-made.

…is a crisp, soft, light-bodied, fruity wine with a melony character.

Ripe, juicy plum and currant flavors…

Dark ruby cast. Full-bodied. Balanced acidity. Highly extracted. Heavily oaked. Moderately tannic. Spice, black fruits. Generous aromas lead to a lush, velvety mouthfeel with a very firm structure. Tightly wound through the finish.

Saturated dark ruby. Moderately full-bodied. Moderately extracted. Moderately oaked. Moderately tannic. Anise, brown spice, black fruits. Chocolatey aromas show plummy, spicy accents that follow through on the palate. Finely wrought and flavorsome, with a long, dry finish. This has plenty of ripe, developed Cabernet flavors.