92 Points | International Wine Cellar , January/February 2010

($90; 80% grenache and 10% each of syrah and mourvedre) Inky ruby. Deep, pungent cassis and cherry-cola scents expand with aeration, picking up notes of anise, dried rose and incense. Very spicy and minerally in the mouth, offering sweet raspberry and bitter cherry flavors and a late note of black tea. Finishes spicy, focused and impressively persistent. This very young wine will require patience.

96 Points | Wine Spectator

92-94 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate