...evolving very gracefully, wafting from the glass with an incipiently complex bouquet of cassis, pencil shavings, loamy soil and subtle cigar tobacco. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied and concentrated, with a deep, layered core framed by fine-grained tannins, and there's a long, savory finish. There's a lot held in reserve, so two decades of longevity doesn't seem implausible... (June 2018)
Bright ruby-red. Aromas of plum, dark berries, bitter chocolate, graphite and earth. Compellingly sweet, plush, suave wine with intense dark fruit and spice flavors clarified and enlivened by excellent integrated acidity. Really superb brambly New World fruit leads to a brisk, gripping back end featuring serious but fine-grained mouthcoating tannins and terrific length and lift...