This young wine is tough in tannins and rather forward and jammy in blackberries, cherries and raspberries, with a sweet coating of oak. It’s a bit rustic, lacking some smoothness and finesse, but the fruit is very pure, and the bottle could develop in unpredictable ways over the years. ——S.H.(5/1/2011)—— 89

A good wine, with tons of ripe, jammy cherry, blackberry and carob flavors, but a little on the sugary sweet, soft side. Drink now. ——S.H.(5/1/2007)—— 84