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

(15%; includes 4% petit verdot; the 68% Sonoma County portion is mostly from a 1980 planting at the top of the hill):  Bright, full red.  Wonderfully expressive nose combines cassis, black cherry, crushed mint leaf, tobacco, dark chocolate, coffee, wild herbs and a whiff of tar.  Huge but utterly seamless, with compelling fat and sweetness to the flavors of cassis, tar, chocolate and meat.  No shortage of lift.  This broad-shouldered, very ripe wine finishes with substantial chalky tannins and superb persistence.  Reminded me of some of the head-spinning fruit bombs made here in the past by Bob Foley.