Sweet, fleshy blackberry nose, very ripe. Creamy, firm ripe tannins. Spice and complexity, juicy and accessible.

Although this Cab is quite tannic, it’s really good now. Shows impeccable balance in a New World style that oozes black and red currants, dark chocolate, licorice, cedar and plums, with a note of raw, bloody meat. Very high quality, an excellent rendition of western Paso Robles hillside Cabernet. Good through 2015, with proper cellaring.——S.H.(5/1/2009)—— 95