Wine Spectator: Good, pure, caressing style, with a direct beam of cassis, lilac and toasted spice that stays rounded through the medium-weight finish, where a hint of loam peeks in. -J.M.

Andy Frieden: 55% cabernet sauvignon, 40% merlot, and 5% cabernet franc. Harvested from 39-year-old vines, the yields were 40 hl/ha for merlot with an average 50hl/ha for the remaining vari...

About this Wine: These wines are simply younger and their roots have yet to grow to their full depth in the gravelly soil. Powerful, very aromatic, long on the palate, with a very persiste...

About this Wine: These wines are simply younger and their roots have yet to grow to their full depth in the gravelly soil. Powerful, very aromatic, long on the palate, with a very persiste...

Wine Spectator: Nice sappy feel, with juicy kirsch and plum flesh notes and lots of well-integrated spice on the finish. Lightens up a touch in the end, but stays focused.-J.M.

Wine Spectator: Nice sappy feel, with juicy kirsch and plum flesh notes and lots of well-integrated spice on the finish. Lightens up a touch in the end, but stays focused.-J.M.

Wine Spectator: Nice sappy feel, with juicy kirsch and plum flesh notes and lots of well-integrated spice on the finish. Lightens up a touch in the end, but stays focused.-J.M.

Wine Spectator: Nice sappy feel, with juicy kirsch and plum flesh notes and lots of well-integrated spice on the finish. Lightens up a touch in the end, but stays focused.-J.M.

Wine Spectator: Nice sappy feel, with juicy kirsch and plum flesh notes and lots of well-integrated spice on the finish. Lightens up a touch in the end, but stays focused.-J.M.

Wine Spectator: Shows a roasted mesquite hint, with good fleshy currant and plum fruit and then an encore of the smoky wood on the finish.-J.M.

Wine Spectator: Shows a roasted mesquite hint, with good fleshy currant and plum fruit and then an encore of the smoky wood on the finish.-J.M.

Wine Spectator: Shows a roasted mesquite hint, with good fleshy currant and plum fruit and then an encore of the smoky wood on the finish.-J.M.

Wine Spectator: Shows a roasted mesquite hint, with good fleshy currant and plum fruit and then an encore of the smoky wood on the finish.-J.M.

Wine Spectator: Shows a roasted mesquite hint, with good fleshy currant and plum fruit and then an encore of the smoky wood on the finish.-J.M.

Wine Spectator: Ripe, modern style, with spicy, succulent blueberry, cassis and plum sauce flavors. But there's good typicity too, with a lightly bracing chalky edge defining the finish.-J.M.

Wine Spectator: Supple, with light iron and black tea hints weaving through the plum, black cherry and cassis flavors. A touch light in the end, but pretty.-J.M.

Wine Spectator: Light and friendly, with soft-edged plum, tea and incense notes that linger gently through the finish.-J.M.

Wine Spectator: Light and friendly, with soft-edged plum, tea and incense notes that linger gently through the finish.-J.M.

Wine Enthusiast: Initially this seems soft, but with time the more powerful fruit character comes through. It has weight, with a dark chocolate and spice intensity. -R.V.

Wine Enthusiast: Initially this seems soft, but with time the more powerful fruit character comes through. It has weight, with a dark chocolate and spice intensity. -R.V.