"Bright full ruby. Suave, scented nose combines cassis, blackberry, licorice, spices, black pepper and bitter chocolate, plus a touch of herbs. Densely packed, savory and quite suave, with dark berry and bitter chocolate flavors conveying terrific inner-mouth definition and lift. Youthfully medicinal, sappy and juicy but not hard, with harmonious acidity perfectly balancing the wine's subtle sweetness. Finishes with firm, serious, tooth-dusting tannins and slowly building violet-tinged length. I like this! A very classy, suave wine (like the 2017 version), with the backbone to evolve gracefully. Already long on personality but this is still an infant. - Stephen Tanzer"
- Antonio Galloni's Vinous (December 2020), 94 pts