Good bright yellow. Brooding, mineral-driven aromas of peach, pungent stone, smoke and nuts. Extraordinarily dense and tactile in the mouth, with a distinctly saline character to the superconcentrated flavors of peach, lemon and liquid stone. Conveys a much sweeter impression today than the 2006 Judge but without any loss of vibrancy. Perhaps most impressive of all on the whiplash of a finish, which features palate-saturating peach and apricot fruit flavors and great tannic support. It's tempting...

Community Tasting Notes (average 94.8 pts. and median of 95 pts. in 28 notes)

Rating for United States-California: 94 (excellent)<br/><br/>Drinkability: young, aging quickly, could be good now<br/>

profoundly mature sweet and long. wonderful floral nose. splendid