John Gilman: A ripe and powerful example of this consistently fine estate. However, the wine shows no signs of overripeness on nose or palate, as it delivers a bouquet of cassis, sappy black cherries, cigar smoke, soil, espresso, and cedary new wood. On the palate, the wine is deep, fullish, and impressively pure, with a fine core of fruit, moderate tannins, tangy, well-integrated acids, and very good length and grip on the nascently complex finish. A fine example. 2020–50+. 17