The interesting part of the Strewn 2013 reds is that they contain high-end fruit usually designated for their “Terroir” series and that pumps the wine up to a level that surpasses what it would be had it just been the usual fruit selection.  Nose delivers cherry, raspberry, tobacco, black currant and some earthy tones, while the flavours over deliver with complexity to spare: violets and pencil lead mix in with cherry, sweet tobacco, raspberry and herbal notes … mid-palate is where this wine truly shines and all with no harsh edges; made even more impressive when one considers that the wine spent 16 months in 90% American oak (and 90% new) oak.  Lovely.  Price: $22.95 – Rating: ****+