A zesty, racy style, with high-toned red cherry candy, red licorice and wild berry flavors of modest proportion, turning fleshy and holding its fruit profile, ending with a sweet-and-sour touch. Drink now through 2007. 346 cases made. -JL

I like this wine for its delicate texture and silky mouthfeel, and the interplay of complex earth, mushroom, coffee, rhubarb and bitter tea flavors. It’s not a fruit bomb, and that’s the whole point. It’s unrelievedly dry except for a finish of sweetness from fruit and oak.——S.H.(5/1/2005)—— 92