Very much a baby, this is one big, bold, burly Cab-Merlot-Syrah blend that’s filled to the brim with extracted plum fruit, bitter chocolate and earth. It takes a long time in the glass for it to lose its youthful, funky aromatics, and on the palate things are still a bit scattered. But in due time things will settle and integrate——M.S.(8/1/2002)—— 90