2001 Roar, Santa Lucia Highlands

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A gift last fall, totally new to me. We're not normally much on PN but had picked up some pork loin at Costco and decided to give it a try. Decanted for an hour before dinner. Bright ruby with a subtle nose, doesn't come blasting out at you at all but crawls slowly out of the glass. Soft, luscious fruit with some spices tripping over the herbed and broiled pork but not offensively, moderate finish. Alcohol was 14.5%. I've been instructed to look for it.