Deep, concentrated nose with dark berries, pepper spices, violets and chalk on the nose. The profound fruit is rather intact and detached from the classy oak spices, showing a pinch of licorice. Full-bodied, flavorful and very fine-grained on the palate with masses of powdery tannins and a lengthy finish that lasts almost a minute. Drinkable now, but better after another two years.

94 Pts James Suckling