95 Points | International Wine Cellar , January/February 2013

Opaque ruby.  Sexy, intensely perfumed bouquet presents candied dark fruits, spices and potpourri, with bright minerality adding lift.  Deeply pitched but impressively energetic, offering sweet blueberry and cassis flavors and a jolt of cracked pepper.  The floral and spice notes come back on the potent finish, which shows harmonious tannins and outstanding persistence.  By smoothly playing richness off vivacity it's almost shockingly approachable now, not that I'd be touching mine for at least another five years or so.

97 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate