Cool-climate flavors, just barely ripe, create a light wine overloaded with herb and stem flavors. The fruit is thin and pale, rhubarb and cranberry. ——P.G.(10/1/2011)—— 85

The label says reserve, but the wine fits more comfortably in the “Regular Joe” category. A bit volatile at first, with vinegar and nail polish aromas, it improves in the glass to show vanilla, spice andcurry over an earthy core of tart cherry fruit. ——P.G.(12/31/2001)—— 87