Pretty scents and flavors suggest raspberry jam and blueberry compote; then some rather scrapey acids and stiff tannins kick in. The excellent fruit is there to begin, but it quickly turns one dimensional and finishes tannic and stemmy.——P.G.(3/1/2009)—— 86

The grapes don’t have any sweetness or concentration, and the wine comes off a bit dull. A suggestion of boysenberry is quickly overtaken by flavors of stem, bark and earth.——P.G.(3/1/2009)—— 85