A beautifully accessible wine, polished, pretty and likeable now for its gentle texture and silky tannins. The sweet cherry and raspberry fruit is encircled with a coat of fancy smoked oak. Made from 100% Cabernet, the wine is balanced enough to gain bottle complexity for a decade. ——S.H.(12/1/2010)—— 92

A good, rich, supple Cabernet, nicely dry and silky, with a pleasant, medium-bodied structure. It shows layers of blackberries, cherries, cranberries and cedarwood, wrapped into dusty tannins. Very enjoyable for drinking soon. ——S.H.(6/1/2010)—— 88

Tastes oddly sweet and soft and medicinal, like cherry cough syrup. But gains a point or two with the refined tannic structure and fine applique of new oak.——S.H.(6/1/2009)—— 84