Saturday, December 6, 2008 - Dark, dark, dark. Black fruits & oak on the nose, vanilla there as well. Bit of heat on the palate again. Fruit is there, perhaps the oak is not as bad as I killed it for in previous notes, but this wine is a pass.
If you own this you may want to hold for another year, or judge for yourself, as I can't tell if it is the tannins or the wood that drys my mouth.