Dark, toasty, and showing some bricking in the rim, this is ready to drink right now. If you like the more mature, softer tannins of well-aged Cabernet, this leads you there. The vineyard, in the heart of the Rattlesnake Hills AVA, offers Cabernet fruit with excellent varietal character, including pepper and dried herbs.——P.G.(8/1/2010)—— 88

This is all Cabernet, aged in American oak, and it delivers dark and tannic flavors suggesting purple plum and black cherry. Tannins are rugged and the oak seems to have a fairly high level of toast, which translates into flavors of coffee grounds and ash.——P.G.(3/1/2009)—— 86