July 22, 2012 - Solid, with black fruit playing the lead and some subtle red fruit underneath. We drank this over a 6-hour period, and it went strong the whole time, so no rush on this despite being ten years old. Nice tannin structure. Spicecake notes in the secondary flavors.
October 28, 2011 - This is in a great place right now if you like mature wines. It probably peaking and not going to get much better but at this time you get a portion of the youthful notes and flavors with a good majority of the mature notes of dried fall leaves, currants, typical Malbec iron notes, sweet tobacco, spice and some sweet oak notes.
February 6, 2011 - Great wine that had been gift from friend that since passed on. Great color, great nose and after 1 hour in decanter it showed really well, very smooth lots of fruit and herbs/spices with a great finish. was super combination with rack of lamb from the grill. perfect choice for event / company / food.
February 10, 2008 - Popped and poured at Piccolo Arancio. Dizzying nose of ripe black fruit. Very tart on the palate initially although that softened after an hour. Nice, modern style wine.
December 28, 2007 - I bought 3 of these 4 years ago and this wine is still singing.
December 18, 2007 - Decanted 2 hours and consumed with a steak. Excellent.
September 14, 2007 - Ruby escuro. Aromas elegantes de ameixa, café, baunilha e frutos vermelhos. Na boca sedoso, macio, com taninos numerosos, finos, boa acidez e boa fruta lembrando chocolate amargo e frutos vermelhos escuros. Equilibrado, bom corpo e boa persistência. Ótimo/Excelente
June 26, 2006 - I took this to the Fredericksburg offline.
April 22, 2006 - Central Texas Offline in Fredericksburg, TX (LilacWine's house in Fredericksburg, TX): WIML90,NOWA,WS93
Tasted April 22, 2006 at LilacWine’s house in Fredericksburg, TX. Opened and served hours later in a Spiegelau Authentis Magnum glass. Dark purple color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Nose of asphalt, anise and sandlewood. Flavors of black cherries, red berries and coffee. Drink now with about an hour in the decanter. Based on a price of $30.00 a bottle the value is recommended.
December 10, 2005 - a wine spectator "highly recomended". i picked up a few of these a year and half ago or so. This is the 1st one i tried. a beautiful wine. a full nose of blackberry and plum. on the palate a silky dark chocolate blackberry blend. the finish long and silky.