Velvety and rich with plum, minerals, vanilla and chocolate aromas and flavors. Full-bodied, with a caressing mouthfeel and a long, long finish. Gorgeous wine, yet tough. Best after 2008. 225 cases made. 93 Points, Wine Spectator, Issue: Oct 15, 2005
"Good deep red with ruby highlights. Aromas of strawberry, raspberry, clove, nutmeg, mint and cedar. Juicy and sweet but tightly wound, with a more dominant tannic structure today than the Gancia. This offers ethereal fruit and spice notes and a long, slightly resiny finish, but here the tannins come earlier and coat the front teeth." 91(+?) points, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Nov/Dev 04
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