86-89 Points | International Wine Cellar , April 2012

Medium red-ruby.  Redcurrant, smoke, pepper and tobacco leaf on the nose, plus a complicating hint of minerals and flowers.  Quite austere in the middle, with peppery acidity currently keeping the dark fruit and smoke flavors under wraps.  The slightly dry finish is clean and persistent, but this wine seems a bit clenched today; perhaps it will blossom with bottle aging. 

90-92 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate