Napa Valley

• Atlas Peak
• Best of Napa
• Calistoga
• Conn Valley
• Diamond Mountain
• Howell Mountain
• Mt. Veeder
• Oak Knoll
• Oakville
• Pope Valley
• Rutherford
• Spring Mountain
• St. Helena
• Stags Leap
• Yountville

This is 97% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc from one of the great vineyards of Napa.  Purple in color with some ruby hues, opaque and bright.  The nose is brilliant with chocolate covered cherries (including the liqeuer), spice and char.  Full bodied.  Medium tannins.  Great energy and balance.  On the palate, this is incredibly smooth.  Also deep and complex.  Flavors of black cherries, cherries, tobacco, chocolate and earthiness.  Long finish.  Delicious.  This was wonderful on its own, but would be nice with roasted duck or chicken.  Drink over the next ten to fifteen years.  

Stod up for a few weeks.  Decanted right before serving for sediment.  Yowza!  One of the best showing for this bottle which sadly was my last.  Purple in color with ruby swirls, opaque and bright.  The nose is so nice with cassis, graphite leather, spice and slight char.  Full bodied.  Medium tannins.  Great energy and balance.  On the palate, this is complex, deep and delicious.  Layers of cassis, spice, earthiness and char.  Long finish.  Certainly at peak.  it went great with  Pasta in a red cream sauce.  Drink them if you have any as while they may last, it won't get better.

Light golden in color, clear and bright.  The nose is nice with citrus (tangerine and slight lemon), a hint of buttery oak and spice.  Full bodied.  Crisp.  On the palate, slight lemon, slight vanilla and a bit of peach on the finish.  This is refreshing but also qquite tasty.  It went well with an argual flat bread.  Drink over the next five years.