Lots of minerals and crushed berries with cherries and stones. Flowers, too. Medium body with iodine and orange peel. Stony and tight. Unfined and unfiltered. This needs four or five years to soften. Try after 2024.
94 points, James Suckling (Aug 2022)
Handsomely structured, with detailed blueberry and raspberry flavors that bring in cardamom, clove and underbrush accents. Builds tension toward medium-grained tannins. Drink now through 2030. 288 cases made.
93 points, Tim Fish, Wine Spectator (Nov 2022)
Fruit for this wine comes from vines planted in 1988. Brooding aromas of cherry, black tea and dried herb lead to full-feeling flavors that show intensity, sophistication and balance. It's outrageously delicious.
92 points, Sean P. Sullivan, Wine Enthusiast (Sep 2022)
A savory red from one of the winery’s estate vineyards, this offers scents of cinnamon and plum with a red-fruited briskness to the flavors. It’s lifted and supple, with a pleasing granular texture. For duck.
92 points, Patrick J. Comiskey, Wine & Spirits (Feb 2023)