This is one of the best Bordeaux-style blends Wellington has ever produced. Although it still has plenty of life ahead, perhaps as much as 10 more years, its soft tannins and sweet black-currant flavor make it drinkable now. Only 471 cases were produced, but it’s worth the hunt. — (4/1/2013) —94

Brawny and aggressive, this Cab-based Bordeaux blend has ripe flavors of black and red currants, freshly picked, crushed blackberries and deeper tones of mulberries and tobacco. But the tannins are hard-edged and drily astringent. Could soften and sweeten over the years. ——S.H.(11/1/2008)—— 86