Country: US / Barrack Family Estate X Ten-Goal
Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend California
Winery: Happy Canyon Vineyard / Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara
Quite approachable for such a heady blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot and 3% Malbec, this wine shows blueberry, black cherry, turned loam and toasted sage on the dense nose. Though driven by ripe purple fruit and purple flower flavors, the palate is lightly spiced with cedar, juniper, tobacco and turned earth.