Like most Tapestry offerings, this wine shows plenty of cedary and cinnamon-like oak, but the soft plum and blackberry fruit serve to provide balance. It’s full and creamy-textured in the mouth, then finishes with some warmth and a burst of tart acidity for balance. Drink now-2017.——J.C.(2/1/2010)—— 90

This impeccably made wine boasts a rich, almost unctuous mouthfeel that beautifully complements its flavors of blackberries, dried spices, toast and vanilla. It’s delicious now, but the flavors are so young and primary it’s hard to imagine it not being even better in another year or two. Long on the finish, with echoes of oak and fruit lingering elegantly.——J.C.(8/1/2007)—— 91