Black cherries, a bit of raspberry and creamy oak come together nicely in the concentrated aromas and dense, fairly direct flavors of this rich, and ripe-leaning wine. Fat and fleshy on entry, with a good bit of tannin firming things up at the end, the wine is a bit monochromatic at this point in time and clearly commends time in the cellar. Beneath its ripeness and sweet oak, however, there are signs of complexity to come, and while three or four years of patience will be of real help here, a ha...

Rating: Barrel Tasting - As reviewed by Wine Spectator on 07/31/05

Rating: 91/100 - As reviewed by The Wine Advocate in Issue 168

Rating: 91/100 - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 168 on Dec-06