Wine Enthusiast 85 points - The initial inhalations expose a moderately spicy, black peppercorn perfume; aeration brings about flax, cooked vegetables, and brown sugar. The platform flavor is intensely cocoa-like, then at midpalate, the taste leaps into deeper cocoa/bittersweet chocolate territory before turning lean and keenly bittersweet, oily and chocolaty in the finish. Paul (3/1/2004) - 85-89: Very Good/Recommended
"The initial inhalations expose a moderately spicy
black peppercorn perfume; aeration brings about flax
cooked vegetables
and brown sugar. The platform flavor is intensely cocoa-like
then at midpalate
the taste leaps into deeper cocoa/bittersweet chocolate territory before turning lean and keenly bittersweet
oily and chocolaty in the finish."
85-89 Points
Wine Enthusiast
