Rating: 97(+?) - As reviewed by International Wine Cellar in Issue 92, September/October 2000. Full, youthful red-ruby color. Knockout nose of cassis, maple syrup, game, truffle and spicy oak; sappy and highly complex. Powerful, primary dark berry flavors exude a sweet gamey quality. Dense but sharply delineated. Great flavor intensity without the slightest suggestion of heaviness. Still a baby but already amazingly harmonious wine. Extremely long finish features very fine, suave tannins. A world-class cabernet, certainly among the top dozen made in California during the last 20 years.

Rating for United States-California: 94 (slightly better than average year)<br/><br/>Drinkability: too young, let it sit<br/>

great wine!