Neil Beckett | Mid-ruby, natural luster. One of those scents so effortlessly and naturally ingratiating that you seem to breathe it rather than sniff it. Effortlessly expansive on the palate, too, but with momentum and substance, the acidity like a cool undercurrent in the expanse of this fast-flowing river with no rapids and an upward waterfall finish. Seduction and scintillation in tandem. Often a favorite wine in the range here, from a still underappreciated terroir, and certainly again so in this vintage. | 97