A lush, sexy, forward beauty, the 2021 Heart Stone Vineyard is based on 31% Grenache, 28% Syrah, 21% Graciano, and the rest Mataro and Petite Sirah, with the blend shifting slightly due to replanting in the vineyard. As with all the '21s here, it has a vivid purple hue as well as a great perfume of sweet red and blue fruits, spring flowers, ground pepper, and underbrush, but it's on the palate where this beauty really shines. Layered, silky, and opulent, it's not yet bottled, but my money is on this drinking nicely right out of the gate.

Powerfully structured and rather brooding for the moment, this red offers deep flavors of blackberry and raspberry accented by smoked meat, cracked pepper and crushed stone tones that build richness and tension toward broad-shouldered tannins. Grenache, Syrah, Graciano, Mataro and Petite Sirah. Best from 2026 through 2033. 751 cases made.