A bit of a brushy overlay sits atop this wine's too wiry fruit in both nose and mouth, and the wine is undeniably ripe in orientation. It never finds the depth or winning ways that seem to come with most of its stablemates, and the combination of narrow aftertaste and hot finish confirm its shortcomings and leave the wine trailing the leaders.

Community Tasting Notes (average 88 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 18 notes)

Rating for United States-California: 79 (slightly worse than average year)<br/><br/>Drinkability: unpredictable<br/>

we had the 2007