Rating: 89/100 - As reviewed by International Wine Cellar in Issue 120, May/June 2005 ($69) Good bright ruby-red. Liqueur-like aromas of roasted red fruits; a bit Chateauneuf-like. Fat, roasted flavors of red berries, complicated by notes of herbs and menthol and framed by slightly edgy acids. Finishes with dusty, somewhat drying tannins and a continuing note of menthol.

Rating: 96/100 - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 157 on Feb-05

Rating: 92/100 - As reviewed by Wine Spectator on 11/15/05

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

WA 96 WS 92