This dark wine spent 15 months in wood, broadening the fruit, giving it ripeness. There is a strong line of tannins here, bringing out a dry core, but the black berry fruits remain very present. The final has spice, pepper and a tang of acidity. ——R.V.(3/1/2010)—— 92

Those cherry fruit flavors so characteristic of St. Laurent just fill the mouth with their lightly spicy edge. Around them, wood polishes the tannins and the acidity and gives the wine an ageworthy character. This is a sophisticated wine, its juicy fruit character in fine harmony with the tannins and wood.——R.V.(5/1/2009)—— 91