Rating: 93/100 - As reviewed by International Wine Cellar in Issue 124, January/February 2006 ($70) Bright, saturated ruby-red. Vibrant nose offers cassis, minerals, gunpowder and spices. Densely packed but nicely delineated, with primary, fruit-driven flavors of blackcurrant and spices. Very juicy and suave but still quite youthfully unevolved. Finishes with firm but smooth tannins. This calls for considerably more patience than the Napa Valley bottling, but even today there...

Rating: 91-93 - As reviewed by The Wine Advocate in Issue 157

Rating: 87/100 - As reviewed by Wine Spectator

Rating for United States-California: 95 (slightly better than average year)<br/><br/>Drinkability: young, aging quickly, could be good now<br/>

Tasted on March 12, 2010 as part of a vertical from 2002 to 2006. <br/><br/>Tannins still firm but aged nicely. Rich flavors of cassis and nice oak finish.

Gift from Henry 11/08