Wine Enthusiast: Rich and soft and silky, a nice Pinot for drinking now. Flatters for its wealth of raspberries, cherries, persimmons, cola, spices and sandalwood. S.H.

Mike Supple: Dark purple core with a ruby rim. Bright aromas of plum, black cherry and raspberry with a lighter candied violet note. Easy, smooth entry on the palate with nice balance acid...

Elizabeth Becker: Star-bright and pale in the glass. The nose is clean with lemon peel, crabapple, salty mineral, and green fennel. On the palate, the wine shows apple and lifted herbal notes. ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: There are 1,000 cases of the exceptional, black/purple-colored 1997 Darmagi Cabernet Sauvignon (3-4% Cabernet Franc was added to the blend). With abundant quantities of smoky,...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2007 Merlot, on the other hand, is just plain delicious. The wine possesses notable depth and inner sweetness, with waves of dark fruit, chocolate, spices and French oak t...

Mike Supple: Bright ruby core with a salmon rim. Strawberry and raspberry aromas are supported by a rich clay minerality and a light rose petal lift. Nice ripe raspberry fruit on the entry...

Cory Gowan: Pale salmon in color with lots of bright, golden tinges. Big aromas of white flowers and loads of strawberry on the nose. On the palate it's dry, with lots of delicate strawbe...

Geoffrey Binder: Light garnet core with a pale pink rim. A gorgeous, expressive nose offers wild strawberry, piquant red fruits and a touch of cola and spice. Soft on entry, this is fresh an...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good medium yellow. Subdued aromas of ripe peach and stone, with hints of iodine and smoke. Fairly lush in the mouth but with a firm rocky underpinning to the peach and spice ...

Burghound: green fruit, straw and earth-infused nose merges into rich, round and nicely fleshy middle weight flavors that are unusually supple and forward, all wrapped in a tangy, dry, c...

Burghound: A fresh and quite floral nose of earthy and mildly rustic red berry fruit aromas that leads to round, supple and nicely detailed flavors that possess both good intensity and p...

Wine Spectator: Firm and focused, a jazzy mouthful of spicy blackberry, black pepper and violet flavors that harmonize nicely on the graceful finish. Approachable now, but can age. Best after...

Jancis Robinson: Intense aroma but there's as much citrus as floral and grapey. Very attractive nose, managing both intensity and delicacy. Same is true of the palate and it is nicely and surp...

Devon Magee: Translucent ruby hue. A young Pommard, this is still tight on the nose, yet offers glimpses of its complexity with aromas of spice box and red cherry, along with a pure mentho...

Alex Shaw: Dark red fruits of black cherry and macerated strawberry are prominent on the nose, which also shows more subtle notes of cranberry, freshly turned earth and a hint of eucalyp...

Wine Spectator: Well-balanced, with firm tannins wrapped around a core of minty currant and blackberry fruit. Offers enough tannin for two vintages...

Alex Shaw: Deep purple straight to the rim. Blackberry and plum reveal themselves on the nose, along with bright notes of mint and wild herbs and a touch cedar. Beautifully textured on...

Jancis Robinson: Very deep crimson. Very well-mannered nose. Nicely integrated. Very tender wine. Fermentation in concrete with long skin contact. Mulberries. Very charming. Not obviously Maur...

Roland Hankerson: Ruby hue. At first, this still tightly-wound nose needs a little coaxing to share a bouquet of white pepper, violets and bright red fruit with hints of rhubarb interspersed. T...

Wine Spectator: A kiss of toast gives way to nicely firm flavors of tobacco, red currant and iron, which stay slightly taut through the finish. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. ...