Bright, full ruby. Wonderfully perfumed, complex nose offers scents of red- and blackcurrant, black cherry, licorice, mint, tobacco, cedar and minerals; a quantum leap beyond the earlier vintages in complexity, ripeness...
Bright, full ruby. Wonderfully perfumed, complex nose offers scents of red- and blackcurrant, black cherry, licorice, mint, tobacco, cedar and minerals; a quantum leap beyond the earlier vintages in complexity, ripeness and class. Plush, fleshy and generous, but with ripe, penetrating acidity giving shape and verve to its classic Cabernet flavors of dark berries, bitter chocolate, menthol, dried herbs and spices. As seamless as this is, its intense fruit is still quite juicy and lively. The very long attention-grabber of a finish features firm, well-integrated tannins. This wine was tightly wound but very promising when I first tasted it in 2004 and it is evolving beautifully. Today it shows an element of sweetness that the earlier vintages lacked. (3.77 pH; 5.8 g/l acidity)
-- Stephen Tanzer