“… a superb bottle in the making ... beautifully pure and youthfully complex bouquet of red and black cherries, cigar smoke, Rutherford Dust, a hint of the mintiness to come, a superb base of soil tones and cedary oak. On the palate the wine is refined, full-bodied and seamlessly balanced, with an excellent core and soil signature, ripe, fine-grained tannins and a long, poised and still quite tightly-knit finish. This is a thoroughbred ....”

“... enticing notes of freshly crushed black cherries, redcurrant jelly and wild blueberries with a undercurrent of cassis, allspice, sandalwood and rose oil plus a touch of garrigue. The medium-bodied palate has a real skip in its step, with delicately played, bright, energetic black and red berry layers, supported by fine-grained tannins and tons of freshness, finishing long and perfumed.”