Kendall-Jackson 2007 Highlands Estates Trace Ridge Red (Knights Valley)

Country: US / California
Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend
Winery: Kendall-Jackson / Highlands Estates Trace Ridge

Doesn’t have quite the sheer ravishing power of the winery’s Trace Ridge Cabernet, but this Cab-based Bordeaux blend is nuanced and possibly more complex and Bordeaux-like. The flavors are of currants, blackberries, cherries, anise and cedar, aged in 78% new French oak. Give it until 2011 to mellow.