This 2019 is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and offers heady oak spices, blackberry fruit, and tobacco notes. A powerful wine on entry, revealing tart red berry fruit intertwined with ripe blackberry, and laced with dark chocolate notes.

My respect for the publication only increased when I learned a few years ago that they had hired Bay Area journalist Jonathan Cristaldi to augment their reporting on California wines.

‘Your Roberts Road Pinot Noir was mighty tasty!’

The result is a wine that is both charming and drinkable, engaging and refreshing, and — perhaps most importantly — affordable.