Gunsmoke, wet stone, earthy spice and classic black cherry, plum and cassis fruit. Cigar box notes. Creamy tannins.

This is Ferrari-Carano’s most upscale wine, a blend comprised of all five of the famous Bordeaux varieties. It’s as lush and intricate as almost anything out of Napa, with sumptuous blackberry, black currant and cedar flavors. The giveaway that it’s Sonoma comes in the herbaceousness and slightly greener tannins. Now–2013. ——S.H.(6/1/2010)—— 94