95 Points | International Wine Cellar , March/April 2013

Bright red-ruby.  Pure, perfumed aromas of black raspberry, blackberry, violet, licorice and pepper, plus a hint of molasses.  Silky, dense and very intense, with a distinctly tangy high-toned quality giving lift to the sappy berry, dark chocolate and violet flavors.  Piquant, classy wine with a very long, firmly tannic finish that delivers mounting length.  The highest-toned of these 2010s at 0.55 grams per liter and the sexiest today.  But this really needs at least eight to ten years of cellaring.  These vines were originally 100 year old but there has been substantial repiquage (the replacement of dying or virused vines with new ones) in recent years.

92-95 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate