97 Points | International Wine Cellar , January/February 2013

Glass-staining ruby.  A drop-dead, heady bouquet evokes red and dark fruit liqueur, lavender, sandalwood and smoky minerals.  Strikingly energetic and lithe, offering pliant black raspberry and boysenberry flavors and exotic floral pastille and spicecake qualities.  Supple tannins come on late and add shape to an endless, penetrating finish.  This stunning wine was one of my favorites of this year's Rhone Valley marathon.

96 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate