Wine experts say this White wine is the cream of the crop for this region. It`s dry and crisply acidic, perfect for making zucchini fizz with sweetened cream sauce and fresh mushrooms. The flavors are of grapefruit, apple, white peach jam and vanilla. The vineyard is on Atlas Peak. Full, fleshy and intense, this is a powerful wine. Its apple and citrus fruit flavors are underpinned by a equally rich, firmly textured texture. With its intense lemon acidity, it could even age. Beautifully intense and elegant, this opens with a gorgeous waterfall of gorgeous raspberry and red currant fruit, spiced up by eucalyptus leaves and lavished with lots of peppercorn, chicory and Earl Grey tea. Considerably lighter than previous vintages, the wine also has a fine underlying base of dusty tannins, bright acids and a lingering mineral finish.

Wine experts say this White wine presents a classic opening dance. The lush aromas of melon, apricot, spice and pungent green herbs are joined by pomegranate and hibiscus flavors. The mouthfeel is streamlined and the complexity is undreamed-for in California. Alconte is the new second wine from Montecastro, but it doesn`t take a back seat to anything. It`s extraordinarily rich and ripe in cherries, blackberries, currants, anise and cedar, with wonderfully thick, refined tannins. The winemaker, Drake Whitcraft, has kept the alcohol relatively low, at just 12.5%. Pure Syrah. The bouquet is briary, with aromas of baked fruit, wet dog and even anise. Pepper and leather flavors show a little more interest on the finish. Still, racy acidity and wiry raspberry and raspberry-skin flavors show the wine`s fairly aggressive alcohol.