Tasting Notes
Robert Parker 91
Pure Malbec matured for 18 months in 100% new French oak, this is just a little sweaty on the nose. A faint hint of brett perchance? The palate is very polished with well-integrated black berries, raspberry, Asian spice and white pepper. Cohesive, very linear and backward but nice focus towards the grainy finish. Very fine. Drink 2011-2018. Tasted April 2009.
Anticipated maturity: 2011-2018
Vinous 92+
Full ruby-red. Musky dark fruits and bitter chocolate on the brooding nose, with a strong kirsch note emerging with aeration. Powerful and deep but youthfully closed, with terrific grip to the flavors of cassis, dark chocolate and minerals. Quite closed and young today, but with its fine-grained tannins and slowly building persistence this single-vineyard malbec appears to be built for a positive evolution in bottle.