The Raptor Ridge Reserve is an engaging, fruity and tasty wine, immediately showing bright raspberry and bing cherry. The acids prop it up and give it a spicy lift, and the wine sits on the palate with a lively presence, inviting food, another sip, and further exploration. It is not a complex wine, but harmonious and very pleasant, with spicy cinnamon adding interest to the finish.——P.G.(7/1/2007)—— 89