No. 2 pencil shavings and graphite take the lead in this Cabernet Sauvignon driven wine. Red and black currant, dried herb, crushed stone carries through a layer of complex and full bodied palate. From the same vineyard of the Royal City Syrah.

This revered Syrah, and for good reason, has it all. Cured olive, game, dried herbs, dark fruit all hung on velvet theater drapes. Just wow. There is only one Royal City in American wine!

The definitive mck! A totally rockin' wine just likes its namesake: detroit rock city. Bold, big complex layers of five spice, cool ash and hung meat. Don't just take my word for it. Drink this wine!

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Tomato leaf, pouch tobacco, stone on tongue, roasted meat, medium body, full-flavored, focused.

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93-95 points, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate- Bordeaux styled; 70% Cabernet and 30% Syrah, cassis, lead pencil shavings and hints of herbs; full-bodied, layered and balanced profile on the palate.

90 PTS WILFRED WONG. Superb restrained can be found in the finely-crafted '06 Holy Cow Merlot; rich, but kept perfectly in check, this wine sends bright, red fruit onto the palate; silky and long.