This Bordeaux Blend is a crowd pleaser. Brightly hued ruby juice fills your glass and bright aromas of cherry, raspberry and toasty cocoa are the immediate notes on the nose. Upon first sip, it drinks like a New World wine, fruit forward with hints of toasted vanilla, black currants and dried blueberries. An “any occasion” wine, it’s medium bodied and pleasingly smooth with balanced tannins and acidity. Not too sweet, not too dry, with a smooth lingering finish.