This comes from a hillside vineyard at the edge of the Edna Valley, separated from the Pacific by a small mountain range making the closet vineyard to the ocean in all of California. This youngster has a layered nose of strawberry, red currant, cranberry, rose petal, fresh tobacco, beet, and vanilla. A red currant attack leads to a focused mouth of pomegranate, raspberry, cherry, rhubarb, and cedar. Silky smooth tannins give way to a bright strawberry finish that runs long. Will get more savory with age but who can resist it for that long?
