Copyright 1997 by Robin Garr. All rights reserved. But when special holidays come around, it's time for a treat, and never more so than during the Christmas season.
Flavors follow the nose, ripe black fruit over a big acidic structure.
Heavy tannins demonstrate the wine's immaturity, but even after eight years, there's still so much good fruit and balanced structure that it's a pleasure to drink, boding very well indeed for many years in the cellar. Delicious stone fruit and dark chocolate aromas. Although there's a wall of tannin here, the luscious fruit floods over it and makes the wine a delight to drink now. It's hard to imagine what more delights a couple of decades in the cellar will bring. In order to maintain objectivity and avoid conflicts of interest, I purchase all the wines I rate at my own expense in retail stores.