This is among the most expensive wines from New Zealand, but it is also among the best. Ripe blueberry and blackberry flavors are rich on the palate and thickly textured, but accented by hints of smoked meat and framed by soft tannins. The oak, notable for its cedary, toasty aromas, virtually disappears on the palate.——J.C.(5/1/2009)—— 92