This is L’Ecole’s estate Bordeaux blend, and comes exclusively from the Seven Hills vineyard. A lovely nose suggests violets, truffle, fresh-turned earth, sweet spice, hay and leather – lots to dive into here! The wine continues with a panoply of exotic, well-matched flavors, and the mix of fruit and leather and tannin and herb is just about perfect.——P.G.(4/1/2005)—— 93