The just-released 1992s from La Jota are stunning. La Jota fashions an intensely-flavored Petite Sirah from grapes purchased from the Park-Muscatine Vineyard on Howell Mountain that is now owned by Randy Dunn. The 1991 was one of the finest California Petite Sirahs I have tasted, and the 1992, while slightly less prodigious, is still an impressively endowed, black/purple-colored wine with a sweet nose of jammy black fruits and earth. It is full-bodied and velvety-textured, with tremendous fruit extraction and depth. Drinkable now, the wine's aging potential is 20+ years. La Jota's twenty acres of vineyards situated high up on Howell Mountain behind the small village of Angwin has consistently proven to be a superb source for red wines, particularly Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. That production has been recently supplemented by a good Viognier, a frequently superb Petite Sirah (made from purchased grapes from Dunn's Park-Muscatine Vineyard), and most recently an impressively rich Chardonnay and two Pinot Noirs from Sonoma. Like a number of California's wineries, La Jota has had four great vintages in a row, not including 1994, a year that many are calling the vintage of the century for Napa Cabernet. Tel. (707) 965-3020; Fax (707) 965-0324.