2018 was a cooler year with wines that have less alcohol and more freshness. I tasted two vintages of most wines, including the entry-level red 2018 Petit Hipperia and the 2017 from a very different year. This is a round, lush and heady Bordeaux-style red blend of 39% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Petit Verdot and 6% Syrah with a Mediterranean touch of aromatic herbs. It's ripe and round, generous but showing balance through extra freshness. This is clean, ripe and unashamedly modern. 48,300 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2020.