This inexpensive bottling offers up round, soft, pleasant fruit flavors with a tilt toward papaya and banana. It was aged in mostly neutral oak, and it has some musty bitterness at the very end. But in this price range, for those who simply want a glass of ripe fruit, it works just fine. Drink it cold.——P.G.(11/15/2007)—— 86

Light and open-textured, with leesy, earthy flavors predominating, finishing with just a touch of nectarine. Drink now through 2006. 265 cases made. -HS

Very soft in the mouth, with popcorn butter flavors and hints of green apple. Tastes as though it all went through malolactic fermentation; if so, it might have been better had they left some higher-acid wine in the blend.——P.G.(12/1/2003)—— 84