Positioned as the top wine in the massive Erath lineup, La Nuit Magique was not made in 2007, but it’s back in 2008. A welcome relief from all the single-vineyard wines, this blends the top barrels from excellent vineyards, slathers them in chocolaty oak, and the result is a palate-pleasing, open, warm, generous wine which might come from California. Sappy berry compote, enlivened with juicy acids, and finished with plenty of sweet, toasty oak. ——P.G.(3/1/2011)—— 90