100pts James Suckling

A perfumed and enchanting wine that seduces you with its pure aromas of plums, peaches, cedar, sandalwood and roses. Medium-bodied with ultra-fine tannins that caress your palate and give a long and beautiful finish. Extremely silky and polished. Crunchy. A great wine that’s a benchmark for the vintage. One of the best ever. Very drinkable now, but better after 2028.

97pts Wine Spectator

Packed with ripe black cherry, blackberry and pomegranate flavors, this red adds grace notes of iron, sweet spices and eucalyptus while firming up on the finish. There’s plenty of fruit, and the tannins are refined, if assertive on the finish today. Best from 2029 through 2048.

95pts Falstaff

"Concentrated, sparkling ruby with a fine garnet rim. Intense and appealing nose of nougat and tobacco, then lots of plum and dark cherry. Full-bodied and with very good density in the attack, unfolds with grippy, present tannins, after plums and licorice, lots of power."