90+ Points | International Wine Cellar , July/August 2008

($105) Medium-deep red. Perfumed cassis aroma complicated by graphite, cedar and mineral notes, plus a not unpleasant hint of bell pepper. Suave and refined on entry, then more spicy and brisk with air, picking up a mineral tang and an enticing floral quality to its cassis and boysenberry flavors. In the style of the vintage, this is a sleeker, smaller-structured Montevetrano in which the youthfully aggressive tannins are almost painful at present and will require a decade of aging-at the least. Finishes clean and impressively long. (Winebow, Inc., Montvale, NJ)

93 Points | Wine Spectator

93 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate