A gorgeous wine and one of my favorite Grenache blends coming out of California today, the 2010 Sensibility (named after the Jane Austen novel “Sense and Sensibility”) is a blend of 75% Grenache, 22% Mourvedre and 3% Syrah that was aged all in neutral puncheons. It offers a perfumed, sweet array of creamy black raspberry, licorice, spiced meat and big minerality to go with a full-bodied, seamless and beautifully textured mouth feel. Building in richness and depth over the evening and possessing an elegant, pure character, it should thrill for 5-7 years, possibly longer. Drink now-2020. – (Jeb Dunnuck)

The 2010 Sensibility is the first iteration of this cuvée at Epoch, and it was Jordan Fiorentini's first year as winemaker. "It was a really cool vintage," she recalls. "It was foggy, and we got rain during the season. We didn't pick until November 10-11, but we got a lot of hang time." A blend of 75% Grenache, 22% Mourvedre and 3% Syrah, aged 18 months in French oak, it has a pale garnet color and is still offering up wild berry fruits on the nose, with bass tones of mushroom, earth, gravel dust and dried mint. The palate is supple and silky, with earth and spice tones lingering on the finish. It's a mature wine that still offers appeal but should be drunk within the next few years. 81 cases were made.

Layers of ripe dark red fruit followed by more exotic notes of orange peel and sweet spices flow from the 2010 Sensibility. This decidedly more flashy style, partly becuase of the aging in relatively new French oak puncheons. With time in the glass, the wine shows off striking inner perfume and serious density. Anticipated maturity: 2013 - 2016. – (James Laube)

Layers of ripe dark red fruit followed by more exotic notes of orange peel and sweet spices flow from the 2010 Sensibility. This is a decidedly more flashy style, partly because of the aging in relatively new French oak puncheons. With time in the glass, the wine shows off striking inner perfume and serious density. – August 2012 (Antonio Galloni)