Wine Enthusiast:  Rated as Excellent, extremely well made and highly recommended. "A terrific Cabernet that shows vast improvement over the winery’s earlier efforts. In fact, you could place it next to far more expensive Napa bottlings. It’s dry and elegantly tannic and complex, showing blackberry, currant, violet, herb and cedar flavors that bring to mind a fine Bordeaux. Drink now with upscale fare." Feb 2011

Winery:  "North of Ukiah, a rare white deer herd wanders through the hills near the southwest facing foothill vineyard that grew this Cabernet Sauvignon. This full-flavored wine shows the intensity of its red soil roots. It is ripe and plumy, with intriguing notes of anise and brown spice, and the structure to age five years or more from the vintage.

This wine is the unique expression of a carefully nurtured piece of land, made manifest in each bottle. We do without conventional pesticides and synthetic fertilizers, treating the soil as a living, life-giving system. Our winegrowing practices create special wines, while sustaining our environment, the place where we live, and the people who live here."

Wired For Wine:  We have no doubt that this intense and complex Paul Dolan Cabernet Sauvignon will absolutely delight you.  Organically grown and lovingly crafted, the purity of the Mendocino fruit shines beautifully through, naturally.  Open your first full-bodied bottle and enjoy it with blue cheese crostini topped with a bit of Cabernet-fig jam.  Delicious.  Moving on to the main course, the dark fruit, earthy herb, cedar and anise notes, and refined tannins of this Paul Dolan will require hearty, meaty fare like beef, steak, lamb and game.  This California Cab's herbal, earthy side will shine brightly next to a roast leg of lamb with mint pesto and mustard crumbs.  It will also be perfect with seared elk chops au poivre.  If you prefer to highlight the lovely ripe fruit in this Mendocino Cab, we recommend braised beef raviolis with a raisin and onion preserve, all nestled in the beef braising broth.  Heaven in a bowl...   Top off your glasses once more and savor the lovely structure of this Dolan red with  a powerful Scharfe Maxx cheese.  It has a tangy, meaty flavor and a touch of creaminess which make it the ideal closing to what surely will have been a great meal.  What are you waiting for winelovers?!

Bottle:  750ml, cork
Varietal:  100% Cabernet Sauvignon, organically grown and produced
Alcohol:  13.5%
Ageing:   20 months in American oak
Region:   Mendocino County, California
Limited production: 3,811 dozen made