A Malbec-based blend, and wouldn’t you know it from the black color. Smells young and hung-meaty, with overtones of herbs and oak, but the suggestion of blackcurrants is irresistable. Turns massive in the mouth, flooded with fruity flavor, and tannic, with a dry, hard finish. Certainly cellar-worthy. Try after 2006.——S.H.(12/31/2004)—— 91