Rating: 92-94 - As reviewed by Robert Parker

Rating: 92-94 - As reviewed by Wine Spectator on 4/07

Rating: (92-94) - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 170 on Apr-07

Community Tasting Notes (average 90.8 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 15 notes)

Full red-ruby. Musky aromas of currant, graphite, tobacco leaf, menthol, herbs and smoke are sexed up by a captivating candied quality. Densely packed and chewy but suave, with good peppery, herbal lift to the very ripe dark berry and mineral flavors. Not the ripest vintage ever for this wine, but that's not a bad thing as there's real energy to go with the broad texture.

50% Cabernet Sauvignon; 35% Merlot; 10% Cabernet Franc; 5% Petit Verdot. If not quite Californian in its display of plums, currants and cherries fruitiness, this bottling nonetheless conveys a bit more ripeness and immediate fruit than the 2006 norm, and it similarly shows a fine sense of flesh on the palate. It fights with stiffening tannins in the latter going, but never wholly lets go of its fruit, and it warrants at least five or six years of age.

Loved this at bordeaux tadting st Littke Rock house with Marion and Lee

Best after 2015

RP 92/100