The 2003 Walter Clore Private Reserve is even better. It is composed of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon 36% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Franc aged for 28 months in new French oak. A classy nose of smoky oak vanilla lead pencil plum black currant and blackberry leads to a rich still youthful wine with loads of extract thick fruit superb integration of oak tannin and acidity and a very long finish. This wine demands 6-8 years of cellaring and should drink well through 2025.

Ripe and spicy with an earthy edge to the blackberry and cherry flavors finishing with distinction. The crisp tannins could use some time to soften. Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2008 through 2011. 6000 cases made. –HS