Soft, delicious, and fully mature, this is very fine wine and quite an accomplishment in a dreadful vintage. The wine shows dark plum/ruby color with some amber at the edge. The nose offers black fruits intermixed with a hint of herbs, mineral, and mushroom. The wine is round, richly fruity, with some sweet tannin in the finish. Drink it over the next 5-6 years. Last tasted, 9/02.