Paradigm

Big lush style Cabernet Sauvignon; expresses a dark garnet color; with black cherry, berry and cedar aromas; quite powerful, yet silky on the palate with layers of black fruit on the finish.

The Paradigm Merlot shows a deep red plum color; a fragrant nose with red fruit and some spicy notes; a silky soft wine with bright acidity; medium-bodied with nice balanced tannins.

Gorgeous ruby red color with very open aromas of ripe berry, cherry, and cassis-like fruit; layered aromas lead to matching rich ripe fruit in the mouth; a beautiful wine to pair with lamb chops.

Made by famous Napa Valley winemaker Heidi Peterson Barrett,a powerful wine, exhibits sweet chocolate; blackberry and spice aromas; full bodied and lush; ripe cassis and black fruits on the finish.

From first smell, this wine is open and enticing; beautiful aromas of ripe berries and toasty spice oak; flavors are of ripe black cherry, blackberry, cedar and sweet vanilla.

90 PTS WILFRED WONG. Beautifully crafted, the stylish '06 Paradigm is a very accurate and fine example of this varietal; excellent flavors of red currants with a streak of minerality abound.

92 PTS WILFRED WONG. One of the purest examples of this varietal in the New World, the racy, red fruited '05 Paradigm Merlots packs wonderful fruit into a package of elegance; drinks well now.

98 PTS WILFRED WONG. Brace yourself for a tremendous wine of incredible style and purity, the racy '05 Paradigm is Cabernet perfection without all that oak and extract; long and lively in the finish.

Pomegranate red color; full wide-awake aromas of ripe raspberry, toasty vanilla, and hints of black pepper. Juicy Zinfandel flavors lightly cross the palate with a balanced finish.

90 PTS WINE SPECTATOR. The '04 Paradigm Merlot is well-structured and focused, with ripe plum, spice and cedar aromas and black cherry and mocha coffee flavors; takes on richness on the finish.

98 PTS WILFRED WONG. Incredibly pure, the seductive '04 Paradigm has it all; extraordinary red and black fruit flavors are effusive and well-defined; a touch of oak completes the wine's journey.