This easy, soft Zin gives lots of pleasure. It features berry, candied Lifesaver and spicy flavors, with gentle tannins lasting into a long finish.——S.H.(2/1/2005)—— 86

From inland Mendocino, where daytime high temperatures are balanced by chilly nights, a wine of exuberant, even flamboyant, berry and stone fruit flavors and ideal acids. Thankfully, it’s totally dry. It’s young and precocious, and needs a year or two to come together, but is fine now with rich foods.——S.H.(3/1/2004)—— 86