The 2005 Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve offers a powerful nose that displays a complex array of blackberry, boysenberry, ripe blueberry, wild strawberry, caramel, pipe tobacco, black tea, and dried flowers. The rich and structured front palate show ripe blackberry, bing cherry, plum, cola, oak spice, and vanilla with fine-grained tannins and excellent length. This could be the best vintage ever produced of this wine.