Aromas of strawberry jam, chocolate, and leather with toasty and spicy notes. Ample and full-bodied, with concentrated fruit flavors. Silver, 2007 World Wine Championships.

Structure is big, tall, and chewy. Perfect balance and voluptuous mouth-feel, extremely long and lasting aftertaste.

Dense ruby in color. Rich raspberry and hints of chocolate and blackberry fruit flavors fill the palette with smoky toasted oak in the background. Smooth vanilla sweetness rounds out the finish.

Beautiful aromas, lush fruit flavors, and the heft you expect from the "King of Reds". Silver Medal, 2008 World Wine Championships.

Wine Enthusiast says: "Explodes in succulent blackberry and cherry pie filling, cherry-chocolate truffle and smoky oak flavors."

Exhibits spice, berries and licorice aromas and flavors. Rich texture, a complex mid-palate and an amazingly long finish.

Silky tannins evolving on blackberry, black cherry and grenadine, lingering on very ripe tannins with touches of spices and cigar.

A hint of black olive and a smokey note warm the aromas and integrate nicely with the fruit. Best of Class, 2009 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Tasting Competition.

Excellent concentration of dark berry flavors, ripe fleshy tannin, and deep dark pigment. Signature balance, depth on the mid palate, and a lengthy persistent finish.

Exhibits the vineyard's classic "plumminess" with a rich mouthfeel and complex finish. Engaging bouquet of violets and black cherry.