96 Points | International Wine Cellar , July/August 2006

($325) Inky, bright-rimmed purple. Explosive, captivating aromas of every imaginable red and dark berry, kirsch, spicecake, pipe tobacco and floral essences. Thick and velvety in texture, with a stunning vibrancy to the boysenberry and blackberry liqueur flavors. Chewy and almost colloidal, but there's superb energy and vivacity here as well. A wild, almost overwhelming wine with great intensity and concentration, not to mention sweetness and purity. Does the finish here ever go away? I hope not. . (Wine Brokers Unlimited, Modesto, CA)

97 Points | Wine Spectator

98 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate