title: Wrights Station 2012 Bates Ranch Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Santa Cruz Mountains)
description: From a vineyard just below Mt. Madonna, this bottling offers deep blackberry and black-pepper spice, with herbal oregano, thyme and touches of pasilla chile on the nose. It's quite herbaceous in that typical mountain style, with bay leaf and dried basil set against dry elderberry fruit.
variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
designation: Bates Ranch Vineyard