Steven Tanzer's International Wine
Cellar, Sept/Oct 2007
($88) Saturated ruby. Exotically perfumed,
syrah-like bouquet of red and dark berries, violet, smoky bacon and graphite,
with a vanillin oak spice undertone adding an exotic touch. Fleshy, palate-staining
cassis and bitter cherry flavors are brightened by piquant minerality and
firmed by fine-grained tannins. Cracked pepper and mace qualities come up
on the long, silky finish. Extremely suave and strikingly complex wine with
excellent balance. 95 points
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