There’s some green bitterness in this Bordeaux-style blend that suggests incompletely ripe berries or stems. In its favor is dryness and elegant balance, with low alcohol and interesting flavors of cherries, tangerine zest, herbs and cedar.——S.H.(6/1/2009)—— 87

This Merlot-based blend, with equal parts of the two Cabs, is soft and luscious. It has dramatically ripe cherry and blackberry fruit, with a chocolaty edge, yet never loses balance and harmony. Best now—2012.——S.H.(4/1/2007)—— 92