The 1996 Laurel Glen is a good, respectable bottle of the more fruit-driven style at the winery, and the wine is impressively long on the backend. The ripe nose offers up a blend of red and black cherries, Cuban tobacco, coffee, herbs and a touch of new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and chewy, with a good core, quite modest complexity, but very good length and grip on the ripely tannic finish. This is not bad in its more fruit-driven style. 2016-2040. 89+