Dark and spicy, brooding with black cherry, black raspberry, black tea and licorice flavors, gliding smoothly into the long, expressive finish. Drink now through 2018. 200 cases made. –HS

Medium-bodied, delivering pretty red berry and red plum fruit that plays against chewy tannins and hints of cedar and mocha followed by a persistent finish. Best from 2012 through 2017. 511 cases made. -HS

Estate-grown fruit from the Minnick Hills vineyard elevates this wine, giving it concentration and mass. It is on a fast track aging curve, so drink up. Tasting like a mature wine, with secondary fruit flavors of baked cherry and plum, it’s leavened with baking spices and firm tannins. Ready to go. ——P.G.(4/1/2011)—— 88