During my tasting, winemaker Rebeca Wineburg said this 2010 vintage signals a clear turning point into a ‘modern era of maturity and expression of the place.’ Estate Director Rodrigo Soto explained it as a ‘confidence of the people and the land coming into view.’ They noted that from 2007 to 2014, Charles Thomas was the winemaker, and Michel Rolland was the consultant enologist. The 2010, tasted in the spring of 2023, possesses a restrained elegance, with traces of sweet tobacco interlocked with dried violets, rose petals, high-toned mineral notes, dark chocolate, and a seamlessness to the texture and fruit balance. The tannins are imbued with the classic powdery, fine-grained Rutherford dust quality. The fruit is classic blackberry, a bit ripe and sweet, and framed by black olive, river stones, and a saline quality that beckons another sip. It was a cooler year with a good bit of acidity that made the wine austere in its youth, but this is a vintage that is showing very well today. (JC)