Tastes hot and a little harsh, with excessively ripe currant flavors that veer into raisins. Finishes with some grapeskin bitterness.——S.H.(12/31/2008)—— 83

There could have been a very good wine here, but the fruit has a baked cherry pie flavor, like the gooey filling that drips out and gets caramelized in the oven, or maybe it’s some kind of extra-charred oak. Whatever, it’s a little too much of a good thing.——S.H.(6/1/2007)—— 84