Wine Spectator: This is quite ripe, with a big core of linzer torte, cassis and blackberry fruit, but well-supported by graphite and melted licorice notes. Offers ample breadth and depth, wit...

Wine Spectator: Ripe and dense, this delicious red offers a lovely creamy mouthfeel to its crushed plum, blackberry and anise flavors, carried by long, velvety tannins. Lovely spice and toast...

Wine Spectator: Excellent concentration of fruit here, with crushed blackberries. Full and juicy, with medium chewy tannins and a fresh finish. Impressive. Best ever from here.

Wine Spectator: This muscular red shows roasted plum, beefy and earthy flavors on a broad frame. There's good concentration, and enough acidity to keep the finish fresh. Drink now through 201...

Wine Spectator: A plump, rounded style, with friendly brioche, white peach and floral notes offset by a hint of melon rind that keeps the finish balanced. Drink now. 500 cases made. -JM

Wine Spectator: Subtle tobacco and roasted mesquite notes lead the way, followed by mulled plum and fig fruit and a fleshy but stylish finish that lets the fruit stretch out nicely. Drink now...

Wine Spectator: Focused, with solid bitter cherry, plum and cassis notes framed by judicious toast. Lingering tobacco and iron notes keep this nicely grounded. Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. ...

Wine Spectator: This delivers the textbook panoply of blueberry, plum and blackberry fruit of the appellation, with a lush, creamy mouthfeel and a long licorice- and sweet toast-filled finish...

Wine Spectator: Distinctive, with atypical (for St.-Emilion) force and drive to the black currant, roasted cedar and maduro tobacco flavors, which are supported by a dense, loam-tinged struct...

Wine Spectator: This rich, toasty, showy style boasts lots of flashy anise and espresso notes up front, but ample layers of crushed fig, steeped plum and dark mixed berry fruit behind it. Nic...

Wine Spectator: Dark in aroma and fleshy in feel, but open-knit overall, with enticing tobacco, fig and mulled black currant fruit carried by a loam hint through the broad finish. Drink now t...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: A blend of 75% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon that hit 14% natural alcohol, the wine has an extraordinary purity and vivaciousness in 2009. Dense ruby/p...

Wine Spectator: Still youthfully tight, this shows a packed core of plum, cassis and blackberry fruit wrapped with bittersweet cocoa, tobacco and charcoal notes. Nice drive marks the finish, ...

Wine Spectator: Juicy, with green plum and pear notes that are slightly shy at first, but emerge more on the finish, along with enticing straw and blanched almond hints. Solid length. Let thi...

Wine Spectator: Very fresh and bright, with a lovely racy edge from the start, showing mouthwatering quinine, white peach and Meyer lemon notes that all glide through the deftly toasty finish...

Wine Spectator: Rather ripe, but nicely framed by singed apple wood, which keeps the core of damson plum, black currant and black cherry flavors at bay for now. Licorice root and black tea no...

Wine Enthusiast: Ripe wine, with soft tannins allied to great density. Weight and lovely, juicy, final fruit flavors meld together easily. This is solid, dense, impressive and for long-term ag...

Wine Enthusiast: Ripe wine, with soft tannins allied to great density. Weight and lovely, juicy, final fruit flavors meld together easily. This is solid, dense, impressive and for long-term ag...

Wine Spectator: This has a good pebbly feel running through the mix of black cherry, red currant and lightly toasted spice hints. Ends with floral and iron flashes on the finish. Offers good ...