Considering this is Petite Sirah, this is surprisingly soft and gentle—almost like a Pinot Noir. The texture is silky, with flavors of cherries, currants, Canadian bacon and black pepper. Drink now. — (11/1/2012) —86

Hard tannins and high acidity make this inky-colored wine hard and distant now, an impression enhanced by extreme dryness. With its blackberry, currant, cocoa, beef jerky and pepper flavors, it’s the kind of Petite Sirah that will last for many years, gradually softening and mellowing until it’s just an echo of itself around 2020.——S.H.(4/1/2010)—— 87

Take a Dry Creek Cabernet, give it a more robust body, a more rustic mouthfeel, and push the flavors toward plums and leather, and you get this old-style wine. The dry, rasping tannins suggest aging for at least eight years.——S.H.(12/1/2006)—— 86

Another wine with a wide range of scores. Some praised its rich, mouthfilling texture and complex flavors of berries, stone fruits and green olives. Others found the tannins rasping, with a too-short finish. This is a wine, though, with a history of improving in the cellar. ——W.E.(4/1/2003)—— 85