This attractive, open-knit Cabernet Sauvignon exhibits a dark ruby/purple color, a forward, pleasant bouquet of cedar wood, black currants, cherries, and earth, supple tannin, and a savory, medium-bodied, well-balanced personality. Its up-front charm and forward fruit suggest consumption over the next 7-10 years is warranted.

Mature, with graceful herb, beet and red berry flavors that are complex and softening; drinking nicely now, with smooth tannins and a savory, dried-berry aftertaste.—2001 California Cabernet blind retrospective (June 2011). Drink now. 20,000 cases made. -JL