An engaging style complex and well-proportioned with ripe currant blackberry cedar sandalwood and black licorice flavors. Supple in texture and expansive on the finish. Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2022. -JL

The 2008 Metisse Cabernet Sauvignon Jumping Goat Vineyard is a blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon 11% Petit Verdot and 7% Merlot aged in French oak of which 85% was new. The wine which is made at the Vineyard 29 high-tech facility north of St. Helena possesses a dense saturated ruby/purple color as well as a sweet kiss of black currants cedar toast gravel and flowers. Ripe and medium to full-bodied with velvety tannins (a Melka trademark) this multidimensional layered rich supple wine can be drunk now and over the next 15+ years.