Michael Schuster | Closed, tight, dense to smell, blackcurranty, warm, almost northern Rhône smoky and Côte- Rôtie-like! A rich, generous, ample wine, with a suggestion of Rubens to its profile, yet contained and fresh, too, and very fine in tannin. Notably large-scale Palmer. Ripe, generous, juicy, mouth- filling, powerful, and spicy, with great length of flavor, something almost licoricey in its taste, long and warm and vital—and Rhône-like, and with great resonant length, too. A most individual, grand, and immediately seductive expression of the vineyard. 2030–50+.