Tasting note

A reticent, backward and exceptionally earthy nose reluctantly displays the aromas of red pinot fruit and crushed plums. The rich, full-bodied and overtly muscular flavors possess outstanding size and weight before culminating in an extract-rich finish where the tannins are buried yet quite tactile. This offers simply knockout depth and despite the huge size, it is impeccably balanced but this is in all likelihood a 20+ year wine so if you buy it, be prepared to forget it in the back of your cellar. Drink: 2027+ Score - 94. (Allen Meadows, burghound.com, Oct. 2011)