88-91 Points | International Wine Cellar , April 2012

Opaque purple.  Spicy, deeply aromatic nose offers cassis, underbrush, smoked beef and bay leaf.  Rich, dense and suave, with coffee liqueur and vibrant chocolate-covered blackberry flavors that carry impressively through a mineral-driven finish.  Plenty of lively acidity and smooth tannins suggest a long life ahead.  One of the better young Haut Bages Liberals of the last ten years. 

87-89 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate