93 Points | International Wine Cellar , May 2012

Saturated deep ruby.  Very ripe, expressive nose offers cassis, black cherry, licorice and exotic herbs.  Hugely rich, thick and powerful in the context of the vintage, but with lovely purity and a saline complexity to the flavors of crushed black cherry and boysenberry.  This will need some time in bottle to harmonize its brandy but has the spine for a slow and graceful evolution in bottle.

94 Points | Wine Spectator