The dark ruby-hued, medium-bodied 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon reveals more minerality along with black cherry and black currant fruit intermixed with hints of tobacco leaf and spice box. It is ideal for drinking over the next decade. Tel. (707) 944-2945; Fax (707) 963-9411

A good, useful Cabernet, made for balance in large quantities from vineyards up and down the valley. It’s dry, tannic and complex in blackberry, black currant, herb and new oak flavors. Drinking well now. Production was 17,843 cases. ——S.H.(2/1/2011)—— 87