Moderately saturated ruby-red. Currant, chocolate, lead pencil and spicy oak on the nose. Nicely spicy in the middle, but less rich than it appeared a year ago from barrel. A spicy, minerally midweight whose firm tannins appear to be less sweet than those of the 2001.
Vinous - Score: 87-89 (2002 May)
Moderately saturated ruby-red. Currant, chocolate, lead pencil and spicy oak on the nose. Nicely spicy in the middle, but less rich than it appeared a year ago from barrel. A spicy, minerally midweight whose firm tannins appear to be less sweet than those of the 2001.