About this Wine: 2,800 cases made from a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon and 14% Merlot

About this Wine: 63% cabernet sauvignon and 37% cabernet franc

Wine Spectator: A smooth, rich and creamy style, with pretty mocha, blackberry and currant flavors that are intense and concentrated, gaining amplitude and ending with firm, tight tannins and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: One of the most complex Bordeaux blends to emerge from California over recent years...boasts a dense purple color as well as an extraordinary nose of menthol, blackberries, ca...

Wine Spectator: ...currant, sage, herb and bay leaf flavors, along with hints of espresso. It also shows considerable tannic strength, finishing with a dry, minerally quality...

About this Wine: 10% Merlot 5% Cabernet Franc

Cory Gowan: Shiny and dense, the very dark red turns to cherry at the rim. The fragrant nose features ample amounts of red flowers, dusty spice, and ripe strawberries. Delicious on the p...

Wine Spectator: Ultraripe and showy, with juicy wild berry, blackberry and currant flavors that are complex and concentrated, with a tight focus and a long, lingering aftertaste. Not shy abou...

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...

Wine Spectator: Smooth, rich and fleshy, this is a notably complex and concentrated youngster, with a tasty core of ripe currant, black cherry, cedar, olive and sage notes that are well-focus...

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

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, ...

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...

Wine Spectator: ...Saturated blackberry color, with a dense, rich, enormously cnocentrated center of dark fruits built around currant, wild berry, black cherry, and blackberry. Tightly wound ...

Wine Spectator: ...a rich core of currant, blackberry and black cherry fruit supported by firm, ripe, mouthcoating tannins. A potent wine with lots of intensity and concentration...

About this Wine: 10% Merlot 5% Cabernet Franc

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

Wine Spectator: Rich, concentrated and complex, it's also a bit earthy and reduced. The core flavors of currant, anise, leather, fresh-brewed coffee and sage are dense and multifaceted...

Wine Spectator: Dark, rich and massive, with gobs of flavor built around vibrant currant, blackberry and wild berry fruit, layers of exotic spicy oak nuances and rather big, ripe tannins. Yet...

About this Wine: 63% cabernet sauvignon and 37% cabernet franc