Smooth, ripe and creamy, striking a nice balance between its rich pear, fig, melon and spice character and the toasty, buttery oak. Finishes with a creamy flavor and texture. Keeps up the track record for this leading California winery.

Marked by spicy oak and spicy fruit, with hints of pear and nutmeg coming through. It's solid and finishes with a creamy mouth-feel.

Medium-bodied, showing a simple core of plum and cherry flavors and a slightly toasty oak finish.

Medium full body. Medium acid. Lots of fruit, oak and tannin. Earth, tar, black tea. A big, tannic blockbuster with an aggressive, youthful character. Oak lingers into a long, warm finish. Cellar Selection.

Dark and intense, with appealing plum and wild berry flavors that peek through.

Supple and harmonious, with a range of cherry, herb and olive flavors that linger. Drinks well now.

Medium body and acid. Lots of fruit. Medium oak. Minerals, green apples, citrus. Nicely extracted fruit is bright, ripe and tangy in the mouth. Crisp citrus fruit dominates oak.

Shows that elegance and understatement can be just as impressive as bold flavors. Has a floral aroma and lovely tropical fruit flavors.

Medium body, acid, fruit and oak. Minerals, lemons, pears. Clean fruit character, coupled with sweet oak notes and good length.

Very ripe, rich melon, fig/fruit flavors; mainly sauvignon but not herbaceous; fine acid balance. Eat with Chicken with sweet red pepper sauce; grilled fin fish; crab quiche; bouillabaisse; veal chops.

Red fruits, cherry liqueur, coffee, cedar. A quaffable, spicy, extremely well integrated red with food friendly acidity.

Generous in its outgoing blackberry and raspberry fruitiness, the aromas also have ripe, somewhat concentrated quality. Rich oak is a constant in both nose and mouth, and so too are fruit and high levels of ripeness that add both intensity and a slightly elevated sense of heat in the finish.

Promising aromas show complexity with lees and oak and apple scents lifted by creamy, buttery tones. The wine delivers round and solid fruit qualities offering reasonable depth to the flavors.

A clean, open, soft textured wine that fills the niche for easy-drinking Cabernet.

Vanilla, black fruits, pepper, berries. An unusual assortment of berry flavors are in marvelous balance with wood. Piquant acidity livens up the structure, which is firm and complex.

Medium body, acid and fruit. Medium oak. Lots of tannin. Blackberries, grass, smoke, cherry tobacco. Intense blackberry flavors remain focused beneath a firm structure with lasting oak notes.

Medium body, acid and fruit. Medium oak and tannin. Coffee, vanilla, berries, vegetables. Beautifully focused strain of berry fruit, soft in the mouth, but kept lively by acids.

"Lots of tannin and fruit. Vanilla, minerals, green peppers, black fruits. Brooding black fruit fills the mouth, accented by spice and youthful vegetal hints. Beautifully structured." Cellar Selection.

Plums, minerals, cherries, dried fruit. Mouth-filling.

Medium body, acid and fruit. Medium oak and tannin. Vanilla, raspberries, citrus zest, pepper. Chewy black fruit is spicy and lively. Shows nice depth and well integrated wood.

Serves up a ripe core of plum, cherry and wild berry notes in an openly fruity, appealing, well-crafted red. Rich finish, smooth texture.

Smooth, ripe, rich and polished, delivering a complex array of plum, cherry, wild berry and toasty oak. The finish shows off a range of lingering flavors.

Complex, intriguing array of ripe pear, peach, spice and toasty oak flavors, adding a lingering aftertaste.

Well focused with attractive plum and black cherry-laced Pinot Noir fruit flavors.

Complex, earthy edge to the ripe plum and cherry flavors. A toasty oak and tannic finish.