This cedary Cab offers lots of flavor and texture for the price. A cigar-box, black olive and cassis nose is very inviting; the sweet berry and tobacco flavors are appealing if not quite as deep and vibrant as the bouquet. Medium-weight and plush, it closes with chocolate-toast notes and dry, even tannins.——W.E.(10/1/2001)—— 88

There are pretty blackberry aromas, along with some sharp wintergreen, complexed with smoke and vanilla from oak barrels. In the mouth, it’s velvety smooth and soft, with extracted blackberry flavors, and very dry. The texture is a little syrupy. —S.H. ——S.H.(2/1/2003)—— 85