91 Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2011

(14.9% alcohol):  Good ruby-red.  Plum, redcurrant, cocoa powder, licorice and dark chocolate on the nose, with complementary oak tones; I would have guessed this had a significant percentage of cabernet sauvignon.  Then concentrated, chewy and deep, with ripe acidity framing the sweet plum and cassis flavors.  Large-scaled and chocolatey-rich merlot, finishing with sweet tannins and noteworthy length.  Perhaps a bit more energetic than the 2007 version.

90 Points | Wine Spectator

95 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate