This doesn’t disappoint. It’s a Cabernet-based blend, with Merlot and Syrah. The ’03 is lushly soft but dry and rich, with ripe, velvety tannins framing intense blackberry, coffee, tobacco and spice flavors. Should hit its stride by the end of 2007, and glide down for a couple of years after.——S.H.(8/1/2007)—— 90