2006 Diamond Creek Volcanic Hill

"Competing for special honors with the Red Rock Terrace bottling in 2006, Volcanic Hill is similarly deep and well-filled with the solidity and focus that is the winery hallmark. It hints now at suppleness beneath its slightly gruff exterior, and, even if a touch grippy to finish, it avoids any acidy pitfalls, and it ends with an exceptionally long line of fruit. It is by small margin the most open of the Diamond Creek trio, but it still wants for patience to show its best face."