Allen Meadows - Score: 93-95 (2019 Jan.)

Once again reduction and wood mask the underlying fruit today. Otherwise the super-sleek and seductive yet borderline painfully intense middle weight flavors possess an almost palpable minerality that also suffuses the beautifully delineated, moderately austere, strikingly complex, and compact and palate coating finish that just goes on and on. A fine Cros is always a wine of harmony and proportion and this beauty has everything it needs to reward longer-term cellaring.