"A fruit lover’s wine. Broad black cherry and leather aromas set up a smooth but hefty palate with deep berry flavors, spice and smoked meat. Rich but balanced, with a heaping of heavenly chocolate on the finish. A firm and structured wine with fine depth and distance." 93 points - Wine Enthusiast, November 1, 2008
"Dark, rich and plummy with velvety texture and ripe blackberry and plum fruit; long, dense and complex with soft, smooth, mellow flavors." 93 points - Anthony Dias Blue's The Tasting Panel, April 2008
A fruit lovers wine. Broad black cherry and leather aromas set up a smooth but hefty palate with deep berry flavors, spice and smoked meat. Rich but balanced, with a heaping of heavenly chocolate on the finish. A firm and structured wine with fine depth and distance. 93 points, Bofman
Good full ruby. Slightly high-toned aromas of black fruits, violet and nutty oak. Fat, dense and chewy, with excellent intensity to the blackberry flavor. Perhaps still a bit youthfully simple, but has the concentration and ripe acidity to reward time in bottle. (A second bottle, which I scored 89, showed a slightly roasted aspect and, though chewy and lush in the middle palate, finished with a trace of dryness.) 90 points, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Jan/Feb 08 | 
