It wasn't a perfect match - brought to accompany a Fig and Apricot Frangipane dessert I was hoping for better. The fruit and sweet pastry were just too much for this Vin Santo. It is usually served with biscotti...

This dark red wine opens with a slightly wooded and muted fruit bouquet...

... from the bottle: "..perfect for mingling, nibbling or dining with friends. A smooth and easy to drink red blend. Fruit forward with aromas of dark rich berry with a hint of pepper and a lush, lingering finish. Great with food...

Fruit forward. hint of licorice, mint, and cherry. very tart/sharp/acidic...

Hige ripe fruit nose with spice, tobacco and mint. High acidity with a very peppery finish and biting tannins...

Tasted Sept 2006. Good solid California Red, priced appropriately. Nice red/black fruit on the nose, light tannins, juicy fruit flavors and balanced acidity. Medium body. Slight bitter after taste, but very faint. Current release is 2004 and blend is a little different, retail is $14. Picked this bottle up at World Market. Good party wine, or dinner with friends. Great looking label...

The 2005 The Cadenzia GSM was aged in a mix of new and used French and American oak. Crimson-colored, it has an alluring bouquet of cedar, tobacco, forest floor, blueberry and kirsch. This is followed by a plush, layered wine with a velvety texture, sweet fruit, and gobs of flavor...

Part of California Wine Club

Intensive purple with a violet rim. Animating nose, densely layered cooked sour cherries, sweet, very dark cherry and strawberry juice, accompanied by a nuance of chocolate. Fruit-driven, additionally blue flowers. Dry, round spiciness, well integrated into a soft body which hinds its muscles behind fine tannins. Wide aroma spectrum of sun ripened fruits and spices, powerful finish which asks...

WINEMAKERS TASTING NOTES Easy drinking sweet red blend with low alcohol and accessible ripe cherry and berry flavours with a lingering spicy oak finish. VITICULTURE NOTES Combinations of trellised- and bush vines were used from all the different regions of Stellenbosch. The weather during ... The grapes are harvested very ripe and fermented cool to retain soft fruit character. Pressed before...