Allen Meadows - Score: 89-92 (2019 Jan.)

A background whiff of oak is evident on the earth and spice-suffused aromas of poached plum. The cool, pure and restrained medium-bodied flavors possess both a taut muscularity and a subtle minerality that really comes up on the delicious and lingering finale. While this is not especially dense, it is sufficiently structured to suggest that the '17 Murgers will need 9 to 12 years to arrive at its peak.