James Suckling: "Very precise and focused with tight, sleek yet firm tannins, framing a fresh core of black fruit, gravel and tobacco. Crushed stones and tea leaves, too. Savory and medium-bodied. Driven and linear. Lots of cabernet character. Chewy tannins. Rather muscular. But polished texture. 65% cabernet sauvignon, 32% merlot and 3% petit verdot." (94-95)
Falstaff: "Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Reife Pflaumenfrucht, schwarze Kirschen, ein Hauch von Feigen und Edelholz. Saftig, süße Beerenfrucht, gut integrierte Tannine, mineralisch, ein Hauch von Nougat im Abgang, hat Potenzial." (92)