Allen Meadows - Score: 94-96 (2020 January)

An exuberantly spicy, slightly fresh and decidedly cooler nose combines with floral nuances, and in particular rose petal, to add both elegance and complexity to the pure dark currant and cherry scents. There is lovely energy and delineation to the caressing, sleek and precise, indeed even chiseled, medium weight flavors that possess very fine depth on the well-balanced and mineral-inflected finale where the only nit is again a hint of warmth. This is also most impressive and while it doesn't have the sheer depth of the Richebourg at present, it's possible that with extended aging it might.