Country: U.S.A.

Region: Napa Valley

Vintage: 2007

Cépage: Cabernet Sauvignon (60%); Cabernet Franc (22%); Petit Verdot (18%)

Size: 750 ml

Rating(s): 98 (RP)

" The 2007 Proprietary Red comes mostly from the To Kalon vineyard, with 13% of the fruit from Pritchard Hill. It has a deep garnet color and bursts out of the glass with pure cassis, vibrant blueberry preserves and blackberry pie scents with a profound underlying fragrance of candied violets, cinnamon stick, cloves and underbrush plus notions of beef drippings and pencil shavings. Full-bodied and voluptuously fruited with firm, ripe, grainy tannins and fantastic freshness, it has wonderfully pure layers, finishing very long. It has incredible delineation and should be very long lived."

Lisa Perrotti-Brown (RP) - 02/19