2018 Tasting Notes

2015 Caymus Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon

Location:  Napa Valley, California 

Blend:  Cabernet Sauvignon  

This beautiful deep opaque purple wine had a rich bouquet of cassis fruit, black cherries, blackberries, chocolate, caramel, anise spice, and soft oak.  The wine is full bodied with rounded tannins that make the wine extremely approachable even now.  The wine paints the palate with decadent concentrated notes of juicy black fruits, crème de cassis, chocolate, caramel, and soft toasted oak.  This wine is extremely fruit forward and over the top generous with respect to its flavor profile.  I enjoyed this wine but found it almost too bold and too aggressive; however, I expect it will defiantly improve with age.   If you love fruit bombs then this is something to drink now, but if you prefer a more elegant style then put this baby in the cellar for another 8 to 10 years.  Recommended!  

asted:  January 2018

2005 Valdicava Brunello di Montalcino

Location:  Tuscany, Italy 

Blend:  Sangiovese Grosso, Sangiovesse  

This seductively elegant wine has an intriguing bouquet of black fruits, cherries, tar, herbs, toasted oak, and forest floor.  The wine is full bodied with present but integrated tannins and a powerful finish of beautiful blackberries, cherries, oak, exotic spice, leafy herbs, minerals, and soft earth.  The wine is balanced allowing the fruit and earthy terroir notes to harmonize nicely together.  This wine is rich with character and should pair outstandingly with food due to its complex plush old world style.  Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  January 2018

1979 Cantini Dei Barbaresco

Location:  Neive, Italy 

Blend:  Nebbiolo  

I pulled this old bottle from my cellar during a blind tasting with my sommelier friends.  I decanted the bottle and brought it to the table to enjoy their feedback.  The wine had a nice red color with some bricking at the side and a bouquet that displayed hints of dried red fruits, sweet mulberries, tar, herbs, soft spice, and rich dusty earth.  The wine was medium in body with velvety smooth tannins that gave way to a long finish that painted the palate with notes of red fruits, mulberries, licorice, spice, and dusty earth.  The wine is complex with layers of fruit and earth that blend and balance nicely.  No one thought this wine was as old as it is, and everyone was shocked when the bottle was presented.  This is absolutely a wonderful wine that has aged beautifully.  Extremely Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  January 2018

2001 Nada Fiorenzo Barbaresco

Location:  Treiso, Italy 

Blend:  Nebbiolo  

The wine was quite nice with a bouquet giving off aromas of red fruits, coffee, spice, and sandalwood.  The wine was medium bodied with present tannins that gave way to a long finish that seduces you palate with ripe red fruits, licorice, coffee grounds, exotic spices, and wood.  The wine has a nice complexity and its layers of fruit and earth harmonize and blend nicely together.  Overall this is a very nice wine.  Recommended!    

Tasted:  January 2018

2005 Bond "Matriarch" Napa Valley Red Wine

Location:  Napa Valley, California 

Blend:  Bordeaux (Left Bank) Style Blend  

We were on vacation in Jamaica and some friends (whom joined the trip) of outs surprised us with this bottle at dinner.  The wine had a deep red color with hues of purple and a bouquet that seduced me with aromas of black cherries, blackcurrants, blueberries, exotic spices, mocha, and leafy tobacco.  The wine was full bodied with soft rounded tannins that gave way to a creamy finish displaying hints of concentrated cassis fruit, black cherries, currants, baking spices, chocolate, cola, and oak.  The wine was complex with lavish layers of fruit and earth that were alluring and delicious.  This wine is in its window of perfection and drinking outstandingly right now!  Extremely Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  January 2018

2013 Honig Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Location:  Napa Valley, California 

Blend:  87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Petit Verdot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 1% Merlot  

This wine is at a fantastic price point for the quality, and is defiantly a nice value for around $40 a bottle!  I enjoyed this bottle with some good friends and found it had a beautiful bouquet of black cherries, blackcurrants, blackberries, anise spice, baking spices, and toasted oak.  The wine was full bodied with integrated tannins and a supple mouthfeel with hints of black cherries, blackberries, toasted spices, and smoky oak.  The wine is beautifully balanced and had a nice easygoing complexity.  Recommended!  

Tasted:  January 2018

2014 Bevan Cellars Sonoma Coast Chardonnay

Location:  Santa Rosa, California 

Blend:  100% Chardonnay  

A good friend indulged me with this beauty and it had a lovely bouquet of stone fruits, crème brulee, and earthy minerals.  The wine has a nice acidity and was plush on the palate with a long finish giving hints of white peach, apricots, chalky minerals, and other stone fruits.  This is a beautiful wine that lingers and has layers of fruit and minerals.  The wine is fresh yet has a powerful long finish.  Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  February 2018

2009 Hyde De Villane De La Guerra Chardonnay

Location:  Napa Valley, California 

Blend:  100% Chardonnay  

I enjoyed this wine with a group of friends and felt this was one of the stars of the evening.  The wine had a medium bright yellow color and a rich bouquet of lychee, pears, apricot, toast, and brown spices.  The wine was complex with a rich mouthfeel giving off hints of lychee, pineapple, crème brulee, lemon zest, and a touch of honey on the finish.  The wine has a bright acidity yet if full and rich on the palate, with a nice complexity.  Beautifully balanced and drinking quite nice!  Enjoy now!  Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  February 2018

1994 Ferrari-Carano Tressor Reserve

Location:  Sonoma County, California 

Blend: Bordeaux Blend  

We enjoyed this at a tasting event with Sommeliers and Winemakers.  The wine was absolutely outstanding!  This full bodied Bordeaux styled blend is made with classic varietals, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Cabernet Franc.  The bouquet was wafting with aromas of currants, anise spice, sage, led pencil, cedar, and other dark berry fruits.  The wine was rich and juicy with velvety smooth tannins that gave way to hints of blackberries, currants, baking spices, tar, vanilla, and dusty earth.  The wine is complex and sophisticated with a concentrated dark fruit profile that harmonizes with soft yet ever present dusty herbs.  Drink Now!  Extremely Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  February 2018

2012 Jeff Chon Cellars Stagecoach Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Location:  Napa Valley, California 

Blend:  Cabernet Sauvignon  

This sleeping giant needs more time in the cellar, in my opinion!  If you like a rich powerful in your face fruit forward wine, then pop it and drink it now.  But if you prefer your wines more balanced and showing hints of beautiful terroir then just give it time.  This beautiful purple wine has a rich opulent bouquet of cassis fruit, blackberries, olives, tobacco, vanilla, and soft oak.  The wine is full bodied with integrated tannins that give way to a plush rich finish of blackberries, cassis fruit, black olives, herbs, soft spice, and hints of dusty earth.  The wine is complex with decadent ripe dark fruits and savory herbs and spices.   I think this wine is going to be outstanding in another 5 to 8 years and will reward those with patience.  Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  February 2018

2013 Eco Terreno Old Vine Cabernet Sauvignon

Location:  Alexander Valley, California 

Blend:  97% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Merlot  

This beautiful deep red wine had an expressive bouquet of cassis fruit, currants, black cherries, mocha, herbs, spice, and oak.  The wine is medium ++ in body with rounded tannins that give way to a long finish displaying hints of black currants, ripe cherries, herbs, soft spice, chocolate, and toasted oak.  The wine is concentrated with a rich fruit forwardness, yet is nicely balanced with oak and supple terroir notes.  The wine was complex with layers of fruit and earth that harmonized nicely together and gave the wine balance.  This wine should age nicely and will reward those with patience that give it another 5 years.  Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  February 2018

2015 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Location:  Southern Rhone, France 

Blend:  30% Grenache, 30% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah, 10% Counoise, 5% Cinsault, 15% Vaccares, Terret Noir, Muscardin, Clairette, Picpoul, Picardan, Bourboulenc, Rousanne  

This is an amazing wine with 13 grapes used to produce an outstanding blend!  The wine has a fruit forward bouquet with aromas of blueberries, plum, boysenberries, black cherries, violets, white pepper, and baking spices.  The wine is full bodied with a nice tannin structure and a luxurious mouthfeel painted with hints of bold dark fruits, exotic spices, cola, coffee, and herbs.  The wine is complex with brilliant layers and textures that harmonize and balance nicely together.  The wine needs time in the cellar, as I would give it another 8 years before approaching it.  This is a wine that could be cellared for several decades and is absolutely beautiful. Extremely Highly Recommended!   

Tasted:  February 2018

2006 Domaine du Pégaü Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée

Location:  Southern Rhone, France 

Blend:  80% Grenache, 6% Syrah, 4% Mourvedre, 10% Other  

This wine is drinking fantastic right now!  Wafting from my glass was a beautiful bouquet of red and black berries, cherries, fig, chocolate, tar, minerals, and leather.  The wine is full bodied with polished tannins that give way to a rich finish displaying hints of currants, cherries, licorice, spice, minerals, and earthy smoke.  The wine is decadent yet elegant with complex layers of fruit and earth.  The wine is drinking beautifully right now and is showing no signs of decline.  In my opinion the wine is in its prime drinking window and should be enjoyed over the next 5 to 8 years.  Extremely Highly Recommended!    

Tasted:  February 2018

1999 Clos Du Val Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Location:  Napa Valley, California 

Blend:  Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc  

Wafting from my glass were classic aged Napa aromas of leather, pepper, chocolate, tobacco, cassis fruit, black cherries, and plums.  The wine was medium ++ in body with integrated tannins that painted the palate with hints of blackcurrants, black cherries, blackberries, tobacco, herbs, soft spice, oak, and dusty minerals.  The wine was perfectly aged and showed brilliantly, with complex layers of fruit and earth that harmonized beautifully together.  This wine is in a really nice drinking window and is just hinting that it is about to start declining.  If you have this in your cellar enjoy it now!  Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  February 2018

2001 Legacy Winery Red Wine

Location:  Alexander Valley, California 

Blend:  90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc  

I feel that too many people overlook Sonoma when it comes to Cabernet Sauvignon or a Bordeaux style blend; thus, there are some really nice wines coming out of Alexander Valley that deserve the attention of wine enthusiasts.  Not only are the wines quite nice but they are often reasonable priced and what I would consider a deal.  This purple wine was really quiet nice with a bouquet of black currants, cassis liquor, asphalt, smoke, vanilla, and toasted oak.  The wine was full bodied with rounded tannins that gave way to hints of currants, cassis fruit, tar, and earthy minerals.  The wine has a nice balance and displays complexity and depth. This is a food friendly wine and would go perfect with a nice steak.  Recommended!    

Tasted:  February 2018

1998 Conti Costanti Brunello Di Montalcino

Location:  Italy 

Blend:  Sangiovese  

I really enjoy perfectly aged wines and this was no exception!  Wafting from my glass were aromas of burnt wood, leather, mushrooms, blackberries, and cherries.  The wine was medium + in body with plenty of tannins and a nice acidity.  The wine painted the palate with hints of rich dusty earth, minerals, wood, blackberry, cherry, and fruit drop.  The wine is more terroir driven than fruit driven, and gives of a rustic style.  The wine was complex with layers of earth and fruit and still solid in its core.  Recommended!  

Tasted:  February 2018

2013 Giracci Vineyards and Farms Reserve Pinot Noir

Location:  Paso Robles, California 

Blend:  100% Pinot Noir  

This winery is located in Silverado California but is sourcing the fruit for this wine from Paso Robles.  I had the opportunity to enjoy this bottle with the proprietors, Chad & Linda Kearns.  The wine had an expressive bouquet of black cherries, currents, plum, spice, herbs, and chalky earth.  This is a full bodied pinot noir with rounded tannins and a long finish displaying hints of black cherry, black currents, plum, black tea, hay, and dusty chalky earth.  The wine is fruit forward yet balanced with supple terroir nuances.  This wine is complex and although drinking quit nice now will only improve with time.  Extremely Highly Recommended!      

Tasted:  February 2018

2013 Optima Cabernet Sauvignon

Location:  Alexander Valley, California 

Blend:  100% Cabernet Sauvignon  

Boasting from my glass was a plethora of rich aromatics; thus, the bouquet was beautiful with aromas of blackberries, cherries, chocolate, coffee, caramel, vanilla, herbs, and toasted oak.  The wine was full bodied with rounded tannins that gave way to a layered finish displaying hints of concentrated red and black fruits, cassis liquor, vanilla, mocha, and oak.  The wine is complex and bold yet elegant with fruit and earth that harmonize and balance perfectly together.  This is a wine that will continue to evolve and get better with time, although it is drinking quite lovely right now.  Extremely Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  February 2018

2000 Moccagatta Barbaresco Basarin

Location:  Italy 

Blend:  100% Nebbiolo  

This wine had a nice bouquet of plum, blackberries, cherry, toasted oak, and soft exotic spices.  The wine was medium + in body with integrated tannins and a long finish showing hints of plum, cherries, toasted nuts, cedar, and soft spice.  The wine is nicely balanced with a layered palate of supple fruit and earth.  The wine is a bit tart, but had nice acid on the finish.    

Tasted:  March 2018

2012 Gianfranco Alessandria Barolo San Giovanni

Location:  Italy 

Blend:  100% Nebiolo  

This is a beautiful old world wine with a bouquet of black & red fruit, licorice, balsamic, tobacco, oak, and baking spices.  The wine is medium ++ in body with bold tannins that give way to a rich palate painted in creamy savory cherries, toasted herbs, oak, white pepper, and soft oak.  The wine is complex with rich fruit and savory terroir notes.  This is a wine that needs more time in the cellar and will be brilliant when it reaches its window of maturity.  Cellar this one for another 5 years and it should be quite lovely.  Recommended!  

Tasted:  March 2018

2011 Evening Land Eola-Amity Hills Pinot Noir

Location:  Oregon 

Blend:  100% Pinot Noir  

This beautiful red wine had a vivid bouquet of cherries, wild red berries, white pepper, exotic spices, smoked meat, and toasted oak.  The wine was plush on the palate with rounded tannins and a nice acidity that gave way to a long finish displaying hints of wild blue and red berry fruits, pepper, soft spice, smoke, a touch of forest floor, and wet river rocks.  The wine is complex with generous layers of fruit and earth that harmonize and bleed into one another.  I enjoyed this wine at a blind tasting and thought it was from Burgundy, France.  This producer is making some outstanding Oregon Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, as I visited them earlier in the year with a friend and had a fantastic tasting experience.  Extremely Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  March 2018

2009 Domaine Joseph Faiveley Vosne-Romanée

Location:  Burgundy, France 

Blend:  100% Pinot Noir  

The wine had a beautiful ruby red color and a bouquet of black cherries, light woodiness, and earth.  The wine was medium in body with rounded tannins and a nice creamy palate.  The wine seemed quite nice but lacked depth and complexity.  There was a nice velvety richness to the palate that made the wine quite enjoyable but it lacked expression.    

Tasted:  March 2018

2010 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel

Location:  Germany 

Blend:  Riesling  

This medium gold color wine was absolutely lovely!  The wine had beautiful aromatics of sweet lemon, peach, flowers, honey, wet slate, and soft spice.  The wine was light and crisp yet rich and complex with layers of stone fruit harmonizing with earthy slate and soft spice.  The wine has nice acidity with a bit of sweetness to balance it out.  On the palate this wine had hints of white pears, quince, peach, citrus, minerals, and notes of honey.  Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  March 2018

1989 Couly Dutheil "Clos de l'Olive" Chinon

Location:  Loire Valley, Chinon, France 

Blend:  Cabernet Franc  

I tasted this wine blind and though it was Right Bank Bordeaux!  This wine was absolutely outstanding and I was pleasantly surprised when it was reviled.  This wine is made from cabernet franc vines that are well over 100 years old, and grow in a unique limestone and clay soil.  Wafting from my glass were elegant aromas of plum, herbs, soft spice, pepper, minerals, and earth.  The wine was medium + in body with dissipating tannins that left you with a plush palate painted in rich plums, toasted herbs, pepper, and dusty earth.  The wine is complex with fine layers of fruit and earth.  This wine is nearing the end of its plateau of maturity and is drinking wonderfully right now.  Extremely Highly Recommended!    

Tasted:  March 2018

2001 Chateau La Couspaude

Classification:  St.-Emilion Grand Cru Classe 

Location:  Saint Emilion, Bordeaux, France 

Blend:  70% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Franc, 12% Cabernet Sauvignon  

This dark ruby wine had hues of purple and a beautiful bouquet of black cherries, nutmeg, espresso, tobacco, chocolate, and lightly toasted oak.  This full bodied wine was opulent with melting tannins and a palate painted with black cherry liqueur, cassis fruit, roasted nuts, dark chocolate, minerals, oak, and dusty earth.  The wine is balanced with complex layers of fruit and earth that harmonize beautifully together.  This wine is drinking outstanding right now and is in its window of perfection. Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  March 2018

2013 Daou Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Patrimony

Location:  Paso Robles, California 

Blend:  Cabernet Sauvignon  

This beautiful dark opaque purple wine had a powerful bouquet of blackberries, cassis fruit, chocolate, pepper, soy, and soft oak.  The wine is full bodied with structured tannins that give way to a very long finish showing hints of blackberries, cassis fruit, blueberries, cocoa, spice, graphite, and soft oak.  The wine is decadent yet restrained, yielding elegant complex layers of dark purple fruit and savory earth.  This wine is intense with enormous bold flavors that effortlessly harmonize and come together brilliantly.  The wine should soften over the next decade, but is drinking outstandingly right now. Extremely Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  March 2018

2015 Modus Operandi Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon

Location:  Napa Valley, California 

Blend:  100% Cabernet Sauvignon  

Wafting from my glass was a beautifully rich bouquet of blackberries, cassis fruit, licorice, vanilla, pecan pie filling, cinnamon, and toasted oak.  There were only four barrels of this wine produced, and this vintage is outstanding!  The wine is full bodied with gripping but rounded tannins that gives way to a rich plush palate of blackberries, cassis fruit, currants, black licorice, candied pecans, baking spices, and toasted oak.  The wine is concentrated with rich dark fruits that harmonize with savory baking spices and soft notes of earth.  The wine is complex with layers of fruit and earth that are seductively elegant yet bold.   This wine is extremely approachable now, but will soften and reward those with patience whom cellar it for another 8 to 12 years.  Extremely Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  April 2018

2014 Seven Stones Cabernet Sauvignon

Location:  Napa Valley, California 

Blend:  100% Cabernet Sauvignon  

I had the honor of visiting this winery and tasting their 2014 vintage.  This Estate can be found in the same hills as Meadowood Napa Valley Resort, and you will drive past it on your way to the property.  The Estate is quite charming with wonderful sculptures found throughout the grounds, including the sculpture that gives the winery its name.  The wine had an expressive bouquet of black currants, cassis fruit, figs, black tea, vanilla, chocolate, burnt sugar, toffee, cigar box, and toasted oak.  The wine is elegant yet voluptuous with rounded tannins and a smooth silky palate of blackberries, currents, plum, red cherries, crème brulee, cedar, black tea, licorice, and soft dusty earth.  The wine is complex with layers of rich baking spices that harmonize and enhance the black and red fruit profile.  This is a beautiful boutique wine of extremely low production, but extremely high quality.  The wine should age brilliantly for those that want to lay it down; however, it is approachable now if decanted for a few hours.  Extremely Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  April 2018

2014 Rodney Strong Symmetry Meritage

Location:  Alexander Valley, California 

Blend:  80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Malbec, 5% Merlot, Petit Verdot, 3% Cabernet Franc  

We enjoy this wine at the winery in a beautiful outdoor setting.  On first approach the wine had a lush bouquet of black cherries, plum, blackberries, anise spice, herbs, minerals, and soft oak.  The wine was full bodied with rounded tannins and a plush palate giving off hints of blackberries, currants, cherries, fig, soft baking spices, caramel, and dusty minerals.  The wine is complex with layers of red and black fruits that harmonize and blend beautifully with the dusty minerals and baking spices.  This wine is outstanding for its price range and should become even better for those with the patience to let it cellar for a few more years.  Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  April 2018

2013 Rodney Strong Alexander Crown

Location:  Alexander Valley, California 

Blend:  100% Cabernet Sauvignon  

This beautiful single vineyard wine has a luxurious bouquet of cherries, plum, currents, crème de cassis, chocolate, herbs, burnt sugar, graphite, and toasted oak.  The wine is full bodied with gripping yet rounded tannins that give way to a silky smooth palate painted in black cherries, cassis fruit, licorice, sage, chocolate, minerals, and soft toasted oak.  The wine is complex with supple layers of fruit and earth tones that are balanced and harmonize beautifully together.  This wine is cellar worthy and will reward those that wait a decade before opening it.  Extremely Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  April 2018

2013 Rodney Strong Brothers

Location:  Alexander Valley, California 

Blend:  100% Cabernet Sauvignon  T

his single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon was enjoyed at the estate in a wonderful outside setting.  The wine had a lovely bouquet of black cherries, blackberries, cassis fruit, plums, vanilla, chocolate, burnt sugar, herbs, and toasted oak.  The wine was full bodied with gripping yet rounded tannins that gave way to a luxurious finish displaying hints of blackberries, blueberries, cassis fruit, herbs, minerals, and toasted oak.  This complex beauty has gorgeous layers of fruit and earth that blend and play perfectly together.  The wine is concentrated with a dark fruit profile that is bold yet elegant.  This cellar worthy wine will reward those with the patience to lay it down, but is approachable right now.  Extremely Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  April 2018

2015 Plumpjack Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Location:  Napa Valley, California 

Blend:  88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Petit Verdot, 5% Malbec

Wafting from my glass was a beautiful bouquet of crushed cherries, blackberries, cassis fruit, vanilla, chocolate, roasted coffee, cigar box, minerals, soft spice, and toasted oak.  The wine was full bodied with gripping tannins that gave way to a decadent finish painting your palate with hints of cassis fruit, blueberries, blackberries, chocolate, coffee, spice, toasted oak, and a touch of caramel on the back end.  This elegant yet bold complex wine has beautiful layers of fruit and earth.  The wine is extremely approachable now but will reward those that lay this down in the cellar for a decade or so.  Extremely Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  April 2018

1990 Louis Jadot Pommard 1er Cru Les Arvelets

Location:  Burgundy, France 

Blend:  100% Pinot Noir  

What a truly beautiful wine that had a rich deep garnet color with hints of bricking at the edge.  The bouquet was expressive with aromas of crushed cherries, stewed raspberries, cigar box, burnt caramel, herbs, and soft spice.  The wine was bull bodied with plush rounded tannins that gave way to a luxuriously long finish displaying hints of cherry compote, wild red berry fruit, animal fat, tobacco, cut herbs, spice and soft earth.  The wine was complex with intense layers of fruit and earth that harmonized beautifully together.  There is richness to this wine yet it is elegant and mellow, with a hint of acidity.  The wine is drinking outstanding right now and is showing no signs of going into decline anytime soon.  Extremely Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  May 2018

1999 Viansa Winery Ossidiana

Location:  Sonoma County, California 

Blend:  Red Blend  

The wine has a deep dark red color with hints of bricking at the edge.  The wine gives off an old world style bouquet of cherries, wild red berries, led pencil, tar, tobacco, herbs, toasted oak, and earthy minerals.  The wine was full bodied with silky smooth tannins that gave way to a nice long finish displaying hints of concentrated cherries, raspberry jam, charred oak, tar, leather, coco powder, spice, and dusty minerals.  This is an outstanding example of a Right Bank Bordeaux style wine being done successfully in Sonoma County, California.  The wine is in its plateau of maturity right now and has a velvety complexity of layered red fruits and earth.  Extremely Highly Recommended!  

Tasted:  May 2018