91 Points, Wine Enthusiast - This Merlot, Cab and Petite Sirah blend sneaked into a very upscale Napa Cabernet tasting, and it acquitted itself very well. Dry and firm in tannins, it shows a high level of refinement, not to mention ageability. With black currant, plum, pepper, and dark chocolate flavors, it's fine now and should hold and blossom for six to eight years.

88 Points, Connoisseurs' Guide To California Wine - It may be in the minority, but the Cabernet component comes on fairly strongly in the nose here and, combined with the Petite Sirah, brings an edge of undisguised toughness to the wine’s finish. That said, a fair bit of ripe-cherry fruit can be found at most every turn and should easily see this one through to a more-polished adulthood in four or five years.

Tasting Notes:
With half Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon and old-vine Petite Sirah, this is a gorgeously smooth wine, absolutely dry and sturdily tannic. The tannins are ripe and sweet, framing pure, complex flavors of cherries and raspberries, rhubarb-pie filling, cola and cocoa-infused coffee drinks, liberally spinkled with cinnamon and nutmeg. Worthy of careful attention. Certified biodynamically.

60% Merlot, 26% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Petite Sirah