94 Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2011

(80% cabernet franc, 10% merlot and 10% petit verdot):  Bright ruby-red.  Highly aromatic nose offers black fruits, licorice, bitter chocolate and Christmas spices.  Then almost shockingly velvety on the palate, with an insinuating sweetness to the deep black fruit and violet flavors.  Finishes spicy, violety and very long, with broad, building tannins that saturate the entire mouth.  These wines are awfully impressive in the context of the vintage and seem set for a slow and graceful evolution in bottle.

92 Points | Wine Spectator

92 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate