A potent wine dark rich and concentrated with a tight intense sharply focused beam of spicy currant black cherry blackberry and boysenberry fruit that unfolds gracefully revealing extra facets of depth and complexity. Best from 2004 through 2012. 2000 cases made. –JL

The opaque purple-colored 1999 Cabernet Sauvignon boasts exceptionally sweet fruit as well as a tell-tale perfume of melted licorice black currant liqueur and hints of blueberries and flowers. This wine is long ripe and full-bodied with the vintage's more noticeable astringent tannin. It will be at its apogee between 2006-2021. (Release date 10/02)Tel. (707) 944-2676; Fax (707) 944-8411