Wine Spectator: Teases with subtle flavor nuances wrapped in a tight, tannic, austere package, with a core of beefy, leathery currant, sage and tobacco flavors. Hard-edged tannins on the fini...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The estate's 2009 Red Blend Mernet Reserve is richer and more expressive than the 2010. Layers of dark fruit flesh out nicely in the glass, yet the tannins remain unyielding. ...

Wine Spectator: Supple, elegant and harmonious, with a graceful core of polished currant, black cherry and blackberry fruit that's well-focused and glides across the palate, finishing with a ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2011 Pinot Noir Crossbarn is gorgeous. Freshly cut flowers, sweet red berries and cinnamon are some of the many notes that resonate in the 2011. A lively, fresh, vibrant P...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep red. Dark berries, licorice, bitter chocolate and leather on the perfumed nose and palate. Tight, juicy and precise, with strong minerality and a meaty aspect. Finishe...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Pinot Noir Russian River Selection shows good immediacy. Sweet floral notes meld into expressive red berries, spices and licorice. An open, perfumed Pinot, the Russia...

Wine Enthusiast: This is a big, rich, extracted, dryly tannic Cabernet. The suggestion is ageability, but the wine seems to lack the dynamic tension to ride out the years. It has plenty of rip...

Connoisseurs' Guide: The slightly richer and more ambitious of the Carmel Road pair, this weighty, well-ripened Chardonnay combines extracted, ripe apple fruit with a full dose of sweet oak and hi...

Wine Enthusiast: A sweet Pinot Noir, soft and rich in pie-filling raspberry and cherry fruit flavors, with a coating of smoky oak. It's clean and precise and delicious, a wine to drink now wit...

Wine Spectator: This supple, fruit-forward wine has a delicate pink hue, offering raspberry, strawberry and vanilla flavors. Drink now.-TF

Wine Spectator: This lean, snappy red shows a floral cast to the raspberry flavors, finishing with ripeness, moderate intensity and refined tannins. Drink now through 2015.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: True to its name, the 2011 Eruption bursts from the glass with expressive, racy fruit. This juicy, value-priced red impresses for its overall balance and sheer deliciousness. ...

Wine Spectator: Firm and tight, with loamy earth, graphite, dried currant and berry fruit, as well as hints of underbrush. Full-bodied, intense and complex, turning a bit simpler on the finis...

Connoisseurs' Guide: A bit underplayed and never outgoing, yet still hitting the right varietal marks with respect to curranty fruit and mildly woodsy Cabernet spice, this slightly supple, mid-siz...

Wine Spectator: Distinctive for its baked pear, orange zest and spice notes with crisp apple and lemon flavors blended nicely, adding richness on the finish.

Wine Enthusiast: Break out the hors d'oeuvres for this tart young Pinot Grigio. It needs food to balance it out. The acid-backed flavors are savory, and include Meyer lemons, limes, lemongrass...

Wine Enthusiast: Break out the hors d'oeuvres for this tart young Pinot Grigio. It needs food to balance it out. The acid-backed flavors are savory, and include Meyer lemons, limes, lemongrass...

Wine Spectator: Light and floral, with pretty peach and grapefruit notes for interest, finishing soft. Drink now. 16,000 cases made. -HS

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The regular bottling of 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa is a good, straightforward Cabernet with notes of coffee beans, black currant, licorice, and vanilla. It is elegant, well-...

About this Wine: "Harvest Dates: September 16, 2002 - October 5, 2002 Skin contact: 30 days Time in oak: 20 months Type of oak: 100% New, French oak from diverse forests north of the Loire ...