Last Tasted 2/93 Decent ripeness and fruit in the nose are followed by a wine with a sweet, ripe, curranty attack, but dry, hard, astringent flavors that appear to be losing the fight against the wine's acidity and tannin. It is pleasant to drink, but its future is suspect.

Last Tasted 2/93Decent ripeness and fruit in the nose are followed by a wine with a sweet, ripe, curranty attack, but dry, hard, astringent flavors that appear to be losing the fight against the wine's acidity and tannin. It is pleasant to drink, but its future is suspect.

Mature and complex, with supple, elegant cherry, currant, mint and coffee notes, holding its elegance and finesse on the finish.--1979 California Cabernet retrospective. Drink now through 2005. -JL