Vinous - Score: 89 (2012 January)

(31.3 g/l dry extract; 13.6% alcohol): Bright red with an amber rim. Delicate nose hints at blackcurrant, dried herbs, cinnamon, cedar and loam. Clean and fresh in the mouth, with sneaky concentration to the floral red cherry and plum flavors complicated by graphite, tar and coffee. This is more concentrated and longer than the '90 and '86.