I think it can be sort of useless to give you a score from barrel, especially when, as in this case, the wine still has a further 12 months to go in barrel prior to blending and bottling. Nevertheless, I was curious to taste this wine and see how this beautiful, mild, long season played out in "bottle." All signs pointed toward the most superb set of circumstances in regard to the 2022/2023 season, until rain set in at the end of the growing season that caused some challenges for viticulturists and winemakers. Notwithstanding, the year has produced a wine of dark berry countenance and tannic amplitude—the fruit and the tannins feel pulverized together. Seamless. Inchoate as it is, I feel it signals great things for this wine. I'm looking forward to its release in 2026 or 2027.