Firm and fruity, fairly fleshy but fashioned to show off its spicy plum and blueberry fruit, finishing with fine tannins. Drink now through 2005. 600 cases made. -HS

Caramel and cream notes throughout make this Lodi wine an easy drinker. On the nose, sweet black berry fruit plus oak and burned caramel set the stage for more oak-derived flavors (plus sweet raspberry and red plum) on the palate. Finishes with more raspberry, smoke, cedar and a little green herb in the back of the throat. —D.M.——D.T.(3/1/2002)—— 86