93(+?) Points | International Wine Cellar , July/August 2010

($135; raised in all new French oak) Opaque ruby with a bright rim. Deep, youthfully brooding nose gains liveliness with aeration, displaying scents of blueberry, dark cherry, cola, smoky Indian spices and a building floral quality. Weighty but surprisingly lithe, with sweet dark fruit flavors and a sexy note of candied violet. A smoky note appears on the back half and carries through the long, sweet, penetrating finish. Definitely stash this one away in the cellar. These vines were planted in 1927.