For a so-called value wine, there’s an awful lot of toast and oak on this baby. But that’s okay, because despite the wine’s almondy, sugary aromas and flavors, it has the body and acidity to handle it all. And along the way there are flavors of mango, orange and green banana as well as modest but present citrus zest. A big-production wine (270,000 cases) that satisfies.——M.S.(3/1/2008)—— 86