Still a bit young and reserved, this wine needs a bit more time to truly open up and show its true colors. Try after 2012 and through 2016, or give it a good decant if drinking now. Delicate black plum, berry and cassis aromas appear in the bouquet, coupled with gentle accents of licorice and woody spice. Firmly structured but with an overall satiny texture and medium-grain tannins. ——L.B.(4/1/2011)—— 89