“Notes of mulled fruit and spice arise on the nose of this wine, and concentrated baked red plum, cassis, dried florals and clove waft across the palate. The juicy red fruit and blackberry finish leaves grippy tannins, and a longing for another sip. 91 POINTS”

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.

A Comfort-Food Meal I’ll Never Forget – And the wine that would have been perfect