Stephen Tanzer's IWC: ...Raspberry and strawberry fruit aromas complicated by mocha, baking spices and underbrush. Sweet but high-pitched, with firm acids giving shape to the flavors of red berries...

Wine Spectator: This is a delicious Syrah, pure, rich, intense and concentrated, with a wonderful core of zesty black cherry, blackberry, wild berry and pretty fresh earth scents. Just when y...

Wine Spectator: ...richly concentrated wine, with potent earth, blackberry, anise, sage and smoky tarry notes that fill out and keep a tight focus on a long, rich finish...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The stunning 2002 Variation One (70% Merlot and 30% Syrah) exhibits an exotic, opulent personality with a deep purple color, and sweet aromas of cocoa, new saddle leather, bla...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: ...Black cherry, mocha and licorice on the nose. Ripe, broad and dry; suave and sophisticated. Flavors of red berries lifted by floral and mineral components. Densely packed, ...

Wine Spectator: Pushes ripeness to the max, with high-toned ripe cherry and wild berry flavors that are plush and concentrated. Hints of licorice, cedar and fresh earth. Tannins are also ripe...

Wine Spectator: This wine exhibits a vibrant core of ripe, juicy plum and black cherry fruit framed by tight cedary oak and wood flavors. The tannins are ripe and firm on the finish. A step u...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Ratcheting up the level of concentration, complexity, and persistence in the mouth is the 2002 Merlot Vintner's Select (400 cases). An opulent, heady wine that reveals gorgeou...

About this Wine: 10% Merlot 5% Cabernet Franc

About this Wine: 10% Merlot 5% Cabernet Franc

Wine Spectator: Dark, rich and concentrated, with intense layers of mocha, currant, espresso bean and exotic spices, this full-throttle, high-extract Cabernet gushes with mouthcoating flavors...

Wine Spectator: Tightly wound, with firm, earthy tannins and a supple mix of earthy currant, loamy earth, anise, sage and cedar notes. Drink now through 2009.

Wine Enthusiast: Aloof and tannic now. It's very dry, and those tannins lock in and cry out for something to melt them. It's best to decant this wine many hours in advance of drinking it, but ...

Wine Spectator: Complex flavors of earthy currant, herb, sage and dill ...on the palate. At this stage the tannins have a firm, dry, chewy edge. Decant. -JL

About this Wine: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot.

About this Wine: "Making their debut in 2003, the youngest Cabernet Sauvignon vines (located on the Sonoma portion of our mountaintop property) make a stunning contribution to the first Pride ...

About this Wine: "100% estate Cabernet Sauvignon is made entirely from the grapes grown in the vineyards adjacent to PlumpJack Winery located on Oakville Cross Road, Oakville AVA, Napa Valley....

Wine Spectator: ...Dark, rich and immense, with layers of thick, plush currant, black cherry and blackberry fruit that's tightly wound and sharply focused. Given its size and density, this is...

Wine Spectator: ...Dark, rich and immense, with layers of thick, plush currant, black cherry and blackberry fruit that's tightly wound and sharply focused. Given its size and density, this is...

About this Wine: This wine honors long-time Shafer Winemaker Elias Fernandez and his relentless pursuit of quality. Sourced from ridgetop and foothills vineyards adjacent to the southern borde...