Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
88
/100
Reviews
24
professional
Vintages
1
2003
Other
86/100
NV
Community Reviews
66
Reviews
85.8
Avg Score
90
Highest
Taster #5036
· Sep 6, 2013
90/100
needs to be decanted
2003 vintage
Taster #3150
· Jan 15, 2011
84/100
Alcohol finish. Decent balance but nothin remarkable.
2003 vintage
Taster #4241
· Mar 8, 2010
84/100
Good with food, good on its own.
2003 vintage
Taster #6656
· May 16, 2009
86/100
Nice deep purple color in the glass. Oak and vanilla dominate the nose. The wine was smooth on the palate with the typical characteristics of merlot but with a little more backbone (from the 15% cabernet I presume). All in all an enjoyable wine with beef - and it delivered a taste experience that I would expect from a $20-ish bottle of red from the northern end of the Napa Valley.
2003 vintage
Taster #1572
· Jan 6, 2008
84/100
GV gave it 79 and bashed it for too much oak. I just didn't see this as an "oak monster". The wine reminded me of a pleasant, but uninteresting Bordeaux and there certainly was more oak than you would normally taste in a French wine. The fruit on the palate went a little to the "fake" end of things - the mid palate and finish I tasted green pepper. The wine also didn't seem to have much in the way …
2003 vintage
Taster #1516
· Jun 16, 2007
87/100
This wine had a prevalent bitterness to it, although not unpleasant. I just kept coming back to it. Nicely structured, with some potential backbone. I bet this would be great in a couple years.
2003 vintage