Out of the chute it lays low in the glass, with heavier blueberry and jammy black-fruit aromas. The palate is full, tannic and medicinal, with chocolate mint notes and some raisin. What delineates this wine from Gracia’s other Cabernets is ripeness and density; trouble is, it loses some balance and elegance.——M.S.(9/1/2009)—— 86