By Connoisseurs' Guide Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wines, Mar 08 Rated: 82 Hard-charging herbaceousness is the overarching theme of this flat and heavy-footed effort, and nowhere does the wine find sufficient fruit to balance its acute bias to stewed vegetation. It is undermined further by persistent bitterness at the finish, and it is likely to test the tolerance of even the most forgiving fan of the grape.