The 2010 Selected Terroir Cabernet Sauvignon (100%) saw 40% of the blend aged in French oak for 4-6 months. Medium ruby in color, it offers up a straightforward nose of cedar, spice box, and assorted red fruits. Easy-going, spicy, and forward in the glass, it is a good value meant for drinking over the next 3 years. Santa Ema has been a reliable source of value priced wines for a number of years. Importer: TGIC Importers, Woodland Hills, CA; www.tgicimporters.com

Generic black fruit aromas are accompanied by mocha, heat and lemony oak. Feels tannic and choppy, with herbal berry fruit flavors. Lively but pointed and jagged on the finish.——M.S.(12/31/2011)—— 84