Firm, with a layer of toast framing the currant, black cherry and tobacco flavors. Finish shows loam and grilled herb hints. Drink now. 6,370 cases made...

Good black cherry, currant and licorice notes, with tobacco and loam hints on the finish. Drink now. 18,500 cases imported...

Nicely focused currant and plum sauce flavors framed by cedar and loam notes on the finish. Drink now through 2007. 10,000 cases made...

Fleshy, with good dark plum and currant fruit backed by loam, grilled herb and toast notes. Drink now. 90,000 cases made...

Good plum, currant and loam hints. Fleshy, but not heavy on the finish, with a nice hint of herb. Drink now through 2008. 35,000 cases made...

Good currant, loam and coffee flavors run through this dark, winy Cabernet, with a slightly chewy structure on the finish. Drink now. 14,000 cases imported...

Shows nice crushed plum and black currant fruit, with sweet toast, licorice and loam notes on the finish. Drink now. 10,000 cases imported...

Shows focused loam, currant, fig and coffee flavors that linger nicely on the muscular finish. Drink now through 2008. 6,000 cases made...

This has nice focus, with dark cherry and currant fruit layered with some sweet toast. Shows dashes of vanilla and loam on the finish. Drink now. 50,000 cases made...

Oregon Pinot just does it for me. The young body, that barnyard muskiness, they bring up all sorts of memories - childhood tastes of funky cheeses and meats and other things that kids weren't supposed to like, coastal loam, fognights, my first trip to france and switzerland and all those cheese shops, a good epoisses on a sunny summer afternoon - all good things, and this wine doesn't dissapoint...