This delicious wine opens with nicely focused red cherry and red raspberry aromas. Loaded with red berry fruit flavors with a touch of caramel, dark chocolate, and toasty oak. Full and well-structured from the long hang time. The texture is smooth and the mouth medium bodied. White pepper and spice in the finish with long and supple tannins. It is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from the Diamond Dust vineyard on benchland in Alexander Valley facing south/southwest; hand harvested, 100% barrel fermented; aged in Taransaud and Boutes oak barrels, 25% new, 60% French, 20% American, 20% Hungarian for 18 months; bottled unfined.