Emily Kresie-Harrington

8.9

Light bodied for a St. Estephe, initially, though it fleshed out a bit the next day. Day 1: decidedly red fruited with red plum, raspberry, autumn leaves, dried herbs, graphite. Day 2: fruit had darkened with blackberry, black plum, currant, tarragon, still graphite, dusty tannins, freshly-turned soil, autumn leaves. — 6 years ago

John W

9.0

On the nose florals and cherry. On the palate dark fruits, earth, leather, spice and strong alcohol and medium tannins. As it opens up more French oak and vanilla become more prominent and linger on the finish nicely. — 10 years ago

David Kline

9.1

60/40 Merlot-cab. Dense, dark and heavy, but velvet like the curtain on the Devil's theatre. Licorice, tobacco, black and blue berries, with a tart Kool-aid grapey-ness, that sounds cheap, but this is rib-stickingly tannic fruit sand slide stuff, and really just a symptom of drinking this wine young. I am unapologetic, I like precocious young wines. I drank the Kool-aid, and am now a believer. — 11 years ago

with Courtney