The blend is tweaked every year, but the trend has been towards more southern French varieties compared to the early years, when cabernet sauvignon and merlot played much more dominant roles. This vintage is led by syrah and carmenere, almost two-thirds, with garnacha, cabernet sauvignon, mourvèdre, petit verdot, malbec and tempranillo. Also less new oak used no

A multi-varietal blend led by Carmenere an Syrah. Certainly, the Carmenere makes its presence felt by the herbal notes along side the lush ripe fruit, along with hints of black pepper (Syrah). A lot of character in this wine and oak well in the background. Delicious red here, complexity in keeping with its $30 price tag. Tannin seems firm but silky smooth to me, so I think that this is fine to drink now but enough structure here to hold a few years as well. Tasted Nov 2025.