The great ’07s continue to roll out. Nearing four years of age, this Cabernet is quite soft, although it was probably soft to begin with. It’s showing a few signs of age, with the rich, ripe, chocolaty flavors of blackberries, cherries and cassis beginning to dry out. Should continue to mellow in the bottle over the next six years.——S.H.(8/1/2011)—— 92

Shows its pedigree in the very fine quality of the tannins. They’re sturdy but ripely sweet, providing a classic structure to the blackberries, black cherries, currants and sweet cedar wood. It’s good now, and should develop in the bottle through 2012, although it doesn’t seem likely to go beyond that.——S.H.(4/1/2010)—— 93

Needs some time in the cellar to resolve the ponderous tannins, and to let the extremely ripe fruit marry with the oak overlay. With strong flavors of blackberries, currants, plums, dark chocolate and cedar, it should start to knit together after 2010.——S.H.(4/1/2009)—— 89