92(+?) Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2011

(16.5% alcohol; just 10% new oak):  Inky dark ruby to the rim.  Superripe aromas of blackberry, bitter chocolate and licorice.  Huge, sweet and utterly primary, with a port-like grapey quality to the crushed black cherry flavor.  The wine's thick, powerful fruit is supported by strong but surprisingly fine-grained tannins.  Ultimately more harmonious and approachable than the chewier, more tannic 2007 but I'd still give this a decade in the cellar for the tannins to be absorbed.  For all its thickness, this does not come across as overly sweet.

89 Points | Wine Spectator

95+ Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate