Rich and powerful, exuding black cherry, cassis and spice aromas and flavors, backed by a wall of serious tannins. Yet in the end, the fruit returns and the finish is sweet and long. Best from 2012 through 2024. 30 cases imported. — BS

(92+ points) Good medium red. Aromatic nose combines minerals, woodsmoke, Asian spices and chocolatey oak, all lifted by a note of blood orange. Sweet, suave and penetrating but rather backward, with black fruit, spice and flinty mineral flavors carrying through to a broad, very long and sharply delineated finish. Showy today, but has the spine to gain in bottle with six to eight years of cellaring. -- Stephen Tanzer