You should know that the alcohol in this multi-vineyard wine is high, which makes it soft and slightly sweet. But it’s also enormously rich and complex, offering tiers of blackberries and raspberries, chocolate and currants, dusty spices and smoky oak. Totally in the modern cult style, it’s at its best now and for a few more years.——S.H.(11/1/2010)—— 92

Floral, inky, cedar and cassis with vanilla and pepper. Intense mint chocolate and coffee. Extracted, but good acidity.