92-95 Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2013

(from "runty" 30+-year-old vines owned by a neighbor in a rocky site on Atlas Peak):  Good dark red.  Perfumed aromas of black raspberry, graphite and violet.  Bracing acidity gives precision and urgency to the very primary flavors of blackberry, licorice and violet.  This brisk, well balanced cabernet finishes with firm, building, noble tannins and lingering suggestions of tobacco, charcoal and violet.  "Like a perfect child," says Kongsgaard, adding that this wine promises a perfect trajectory in bottle and should always be a charmer.

95-97 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate