A solid wine with a classic Napa Valley profile, with berries, minerals, mint, and lightly toasted oak. Full and very silky, long and beautiful. I love the core of fruit in this. Excellent, but give this a couple of more years.

Tight, firm and closed, with loamy earth, dill, dried currant and dark berry fruits that are full-bodied and chewy, not giving up much at this point. Shows its range of flavor and complexity on the finish. Best from 2012 through 2023. 675 cases made.

The color of black cherries, this offers sumptuous dark berry aromas with chocolate and wild herbs. Velvety textured, the mouth is saturated with ripe black fruit, cinnamon, and coffee, a wisp of smoke, and mouthwatering acidity.

The longer this wine breathes in the glass the better it gets. At first sip, it’s obviously a very good wine, richly tannic and deeply impressive in blackberries, cassis and oak, with a firm minerality that grounds it. But as it warms and airs, the fascinating palate begins to unfold. Will age effortless for many years. Drink now–2020