Serves up a complex array of creamy mocha, currant and black cherry fruit that's ripe and well-defined, offering richness and concentration and finishing with a long, persistent aftertaste. Drink now through 2009. 9,050 cases made.??–JL??Region: California / Napa / Napa Valley Select to Add

Soft, gentle and seductive, with its cherry-chocolate, sweet green olive, vanilla and pecan pie flavors wowing the palate. Best of all are the tannins, which are rich and fine. They provide structure, while being sweet themselves. What a sensational Merlot. It deserves the best food you can rustle up. ——S.H.(12/15/2004)—— 93