The 2009 Petite Sirah Thompson Vineyard is another dazzling wine but it needs time perhaps quite a lot. A massive broad-shouldered frame provides the canvas for super-expressive blueberries smoke mint licorice and blackberry jam. This shows fabulous depth richness and power but it would be a shame to open a bottle until the wine settles down. It may take as long as a decade for the tannin to melt away although I am optimistic the wine will enter its sweet spot before then. Anticipated maturity: 2017-2029. -Antonio Galloni

Effusively fragrant with pepper huckleberry licorice and blackberry aromatics that give way to bold flavors a firm structure and plenty of tannins. Generous with its flavors which soar on the finish. Drink now through 2020. 501 cases made. -MW