Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar - Stephen Tanzer - May 2009Rating: 94. There's a juicy quality to the ripe red fruit mineral and graphite flavors not to mention a firm underlying spine that promises a long and positive evolution in bottle. Quite young but not austere finishing with building tannins and lovely lift. The lingering perfume of red fruits pepper flowers and licorice is unusually complex. A really superb 2006 seemingly every bit as good as the sensational 2005. Wine Advocate - Robert Parker - December 2008. Rating: 96 points. Its dark plum- purple color is accompanied read more...by aromas and flavors of truffles forest floor black cherries black currants and Asian spices. One of the finest wines of the vintage it is complete full-bodied and seamlessly built with beautiful ripe tannins low acidity and a luscious layered mouthfeel. The aromatics are even more evolved and complex than the 2005's. The 2006 should drink well for 20-25 years. (hide)