95 Points | International Wine Cellar , September/October 2007

($160; 85% shiraz, 10% mourvedre and 5% grenache) Inky purple. Hugely aromatic, room-filling bouquet of dark berry compote, dark chocolate, violet, licorice and suave oak spices. Creamy and sweet but admirably restrained, with palate-staining flavors of kirsch, cassis and floral pastille. Bright minerality provides lift and silky tannins add support. Takes a weighty turn on the finish, revealing port-like plum and boysenberry flavors and remarkable persistence. For all its concentration, there's superb balance, even freshness to this behemoth. (Salute!, Dallas, TX)

95 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate