Abreu, Napa Valley, Madrona Ranch 2010 Provence Blackberries

Blackberries

but the wine is now at its apogee and offers up a classy and compelling bouquet of dark berries

6% new (bottled June 21

Another backward

with black fruits of various kinds the engine

Abreu, Napa Valley, Madrona Ranch 2010 Provence BlackberriesIn 3 bottle Original Carton 98 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The 2010 Madrona Ranch, which David Abreu told me he crop thinned by at least 50%, is a more backward, tannic, brooding wine at present. An inky purple color and lots of baking spice, espresso, black and blue fruits, and hints of graphite and toast emerge from this wine as well as formidable tannins in the finish. However, the tannins are sweet and well integrated in this big,