Sunday, June 8, 2008 - Karl Lawrence Vertical (wally's house, barrington IL): nose: big dark and brooding nose with dark mixed berries, black raspberry, sour cranberry, dark chocolate, and some chalk tones
taste: dark and spicy with black raspberry, sour cranberry, dark chocolate, black cherry, and some oak tones behind it
overall: a really beautiful wine with good grip. Still on the young side, this is definitely in the begining stages of its drinking window. There is a lot to like about this with its dark attack to a black licorice+black cherry based finish