"Purple/black, it delivers a brooding nose of cedar, tar, smoke, licorice, blueberry, and blackberry. Full-bodied and massive, particularly for a wine in this price category, it offers succulent, savory fruit, great depth, and a 60-second finish. Seamless and complete, it should have a 15 year lifespan. Smart consumers will load up on this amazing value." 

"The 2005 Acustic is composed of 55% Samso (Carignan) and 45% Garnacha aged for 10 months in French oak. Saturated purple in color, it offers fragrant earth, spice, blueberry and blackberry liqueur aromatics. Full-bodied, with opulent black fruit flavors, this wine is dense and packed. The tannins, oak, and acidity are well-integrated and the finish is pure and long. Drink it now and over the next 10-15 years. There are only 650 cases of this killer value." 

"Purple-colored, it is very expressive, with a nose of smoke, spice box, black berry, and blueberry jam. Layered, supple-textured, sweet, and full-bodied, this seamless, crow-pleasing wine offers a remarkably long finish for its humble price. Drink this awesome value over the next 6-8 years."

"The best bargain is their blend of 70% Grenache and 30% Syrah, the 2005 Les Terraces. These old vines have produced a deep ruby/purple-hued wine offering notes of licorice, black olives, kirsch liqueur, spice, and pepper. Full-bodied with loads of fruit as well as a generous, savory mouthfeel, it is best drunk over the next several years. " 

"The 2006 Shiraz was barrel-fermented and aged in predominantly American oak for 12 months. It offers up fragrant aromas of cedar, smoke, tar, blueberry, and blackberry liqueur. Full-bodied, opulent, and structured, this intense, well-balanced Shiraz will evolve for 2-3 years and drink well through 2016. It is an excellent value. " This is a half bottle. 375 ml 

"Fragrant and complex, with a refreshing burst of lime, guava, grapefruit and grass flavors. Wet stone, passion fruit and oyster shell accents add interest, with bright acidity highlighting the vivid finish. Another outstanding Sauvignon from a perennial success. Drink now." 

"Inky purple-colored, it reveals an excellent nose of vanilla, spice box, cedar, clove, and blackberry. Medium-bodied, firm, and structured, the wine has gobs of ripe fruit, layers of flavor, and enough tannin to evolve for 3-5 years. The finish is long and pure. Drink this overachieving wine through 2020. It is a sensational value in high quality Malbec." 

"A fine effort from Elk Cove, this authoritative, bone-dry Riesling is laced with lovely streaks of licorice, and built upon sturdy acids and crisp green apple fruit. The wine is impeccably balanced, so that the flavors do not tire the palate or feel one-dimensional. It picks up interesting grace notes of citrus oil, tea and grapefruit as it winds through a long finish." 

"Jay Miller from Wine Advocate reviewed this wine and gave it a 91 point rating, however at this time has not published any tasting notes. Look for a lots of rich red and black berry fruit flavors intermixed with notions of blue fruit, spice box, mineral and hints of cedar. Great structure to hold up the fruit and offer some charm to this under-priced beauty." 

"So forward and appealing right now, it’s hard to resist, but this could gain a little traction with a two or three years of age. It’s polished in cherry jam and blackberry-pie filling, with earthy tones of coffee, figs, sage and cedar. The intricate tannins play nicely against the acidity, which gives it an upscale feeling."