The three vintages of Reserve Merlot were impressive. The dark-colored 1992 Merlot Reserve offers a chocolatey, vanillin, spicy, cherry-scented nose, surprising quantities of flamboyant toasty oak, and medium to full-bodied flavors. Much more evolved than the 1993, it will provide ideal drinking over the next decade. Under the winery's Reserve Merlot program, 1500 cases (all 6-bottle packs) are released after the wine has spent three years in barrel.Tel. (707) 833-4134; Fax (707) 833-4200