True to the winery's preferred style of balanced but understated wines, this one succeeds because of its keen varietal focus on the grape's blackberry-like potential. It is medium-full-bodied, bright and somewhat zesty in character, and its obvious acidity is here kept in check by solid fruit. Try it with red-sauced pastas or with Cajun-style fish preparations.

Full-bodied, yummy, 5 stars