Kuleto Estate, Napa Valley (California) 2009

Serious and sensual, Frog Prince is an amalgam of co-fermented lots of wine including the dominant Cabernet Sauvignon (67%), Malbec (14%), Cabernet Franc (8%), Syrah (6%), and Petit Verdot (5%). With this wine Dave Lattin has produced another of the masterworks for which he’s known, in this instance a Bordeaux-ish elixir characterized by depth and complexity. And $35 is a lot less than one might expect to pay for a wine of this quality.