Wine Enthusiast 96 - This wine promises a great future ahead. It has all the elements in balance - rich tannins, intense black fruits and fragrant acidity - to suggest successful long-term aging.

James Suckling 94 - Super aromas of blackberries, minerals, roses and spices. Full body, firm tannins and a long and beautiful finish. Fantastic center palate. Like a tight ball of silky thread. Seamless. Try drinking in 2020.

Wine Spectator 91 - A grippy style, with a pleasantly rugged edge to the copious brambly tannins that push the core of plum and blackberry reduction along. Lots of licorice snap and tobacco notes show on the finish, which offers persistent grip. Delivers more guts than polish, but will age solidly. Best from 2020 through 2030.