"(raised in 40% new American oak barrels for 14 months): Inky ruby. Spicy, exotically perfumed aromas of cassis, cherry liqueur and fresh violet are complicated by a smoky mineral quality. Sappy, sweet and expansive, offering deeply pitched flavors of bitter cherry, dark berries, vanilla and espresso. The vanilla note lingers on a long, seamless finish that shows just a hint of supple tannins. - Josh Raynolds"
- Vinous (March 2016), 92 pts