This wine is medium-to-dark ruby-colored and offers a nose of toasty red and black fruits as well as an immensely concentrated and medium-to-full-bodied character filled with roasted herbs, spices, and blackberries. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2010. Clair invited me to re-taste this wine and I am pleased to report that his opposition to fining and filtering combined with his gentle touch at bottling produced a gorgeous wine that fulfilled all of my original expectations (first described in Issue # 111). Importer: Vineyard Brands, Birmingham, AL; tel (205) 980-8802.

This wine is medium-to-dark ruby-colored and offers a nose of toasty red and black fruits as well as an immensely concentrated and medium-to-full-bodied character filled with roasted herbs, spices, and blackberries. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2010.Clair invited me to re-taste this wine and I am pleased to report that his opposition to fining and filtering combined with his gentle touch at bottling produced a gorgeous wine that fulfilled all of my original expectations (first described in Issue # 111).Importer: Vineyard Brands, Birmingham, AL; tel (205) 980-8802.