This is an expensive wine, by Lodi or any standards, but it’s also a really good one. Blended with Petite Sirah, it has a soft texture and decadent mouthfeel, and the flavors are of creme de cassis, caramel cream, melted milk chocolate, tangerine zest and cinnamon-spiced gingerbread. It’s certainly not an ager, so drink up.——S.H.(8/1/2007)—— 91