The more limited production, flagship cuvees are bottled under the Venge Family Reserve label. The 2003 Scouts’ Honor Proprietary Red (an 800-case blend of 73% Zinfandel, 14% Petite Sirah, and 13% Charbono) boasts a deep ruby/purple color as well as a big, projected, exuberant, flamboyant nose of briery fruit intermixed with spice box, high quality cigar tobacco, pepper, and earthy underbrush. This big, round, juicy, savory, complex red is already delicious, so enjoy it over the next 3-5 years. Shortly before I wrote this report, I had my last bottle of one of Venge’s great Cabernet Sauvignons, the 1978 Villa Mt. Eden (a vineyard now owned by Plumpjack). Still spectacular at 27 years of age, this fabulously complex Cabernet Sauvignon is further proof that few people have as much experience and a resume as impressive as the ebullient Nils Venge.Saddleback Cellars tel. (707) 944-1305; fax (707) 944-1325; Venge Winery tel. (707) 967-1008