This is a style of wine that offers a blockbuster view of Bordeaux. It is full of dark extracted fruits, brooding tannins, dark plum juice and a burnt feeling that comes from alcohol. In its style, it goes for excess.——R.V.(6/1/2009)—— 86

Fine tannins, dusty and sweet, play a major part in the success of this wine. It’s fruit, initially subdued by the tannins, then bursts through with cherry jelly, dark plums and an edge of licorice. It’s certainly rich, but it all hangs together well.——R.V.(6/1/2009)—— 89