This California Cabernet, fermented on a 1.5 liter virgin crushed California Cabernet Sauvignon grape pack, delivers a characteristically firm-tannin wine with loads of black fruit character made more interesting by the vanilla notes from the oak. The aromatics suggest blackberry and black currant. Flavor is centered around red and black currants, which remain evident through the nice finish. Six months aging should reveal a harmonized wine with somewhat softened tannins but the wine will improve for a year or two. This is a wine to serve with beef and lamb.