While by no means the ugly duckling of its family, this bottling finishes well behind the rest of the clan. It veers uncontrollably to ripeness and more heat and far too much palate-drying tannin for its lesser fruit to handle. Blustery but blunt and dry, it comes without guarantee of future beauty, and its partners are clearly the better bets.

Rating for United States-California: 88 (average year)<br/><br/>Drinkability: too young, let it sit<br/>