Appealing earth, plum stewed fruit and black cherry bouquet. Stylish and easy drinking Cabernet which is sweet, ripe and plush. Firm yet evenly proportioned.

Textbook Howell Mountain Cabernet, classic in the volume of its tannins and the intensity of its fruit. Massive and delicious in blackberry, currant, dark chocolate and oak flavors that sink down into the palate and stay there. So good now, it’s hard not to drink, but should develop bottle complexity over the next 10 years.——S.H.(12/31/2010)—— 94