Tasting Notes
Vinous 87-89
(all destemmed; 25% hail loss): Healthy bright red. Pure red fruit, licorice and spice aromas are lifted by a floral topnote. Spicy, juicy and brisk, offering youthfully imploded but very pure flavors of black cherry and bitter chocolate. Not fleshy or particularly deep but lively and penetrating. Two-thirds of this wine is from young vines, which chef de cave Brian Sieve said recovered relatively quickly from the late-June hailstorm.