Allen Meadows - Score: 96 (2020 January)

A breathtakingly spicy nose is comprised by aromas of black cherry, raspberry, exotic tea and a wide array of floral elements. The super-sleek, velvety and powerful mineral-driven flavors are imposingly-scaled flavors, which despite the opulent richness retain lovely delineation on the almost painfully intense and hugely long finish. The supporting tannins are the ripest in the range though they make it indisputably clear that this is destined for a very long life, indeed 20 to 25 years would not surprise me. One of the crown jewels of the 2017 vintage.