International Wine Cellar – Stephen Tanzer – May 2009

DOMINUS 2007
92-95 Points

“Sweet, suave and perfumed in the mouth but a bit youthfully tight today, and showing less flesh and fullness than the velvety 2006. But the wine’s smooth tannins arrive late, allowing the fruit to build slowly and the wine’s perfume to linger subtly.”

NAPANOOK 2007
90-92 Points

“Broad and lush in the mouth, conveying a fuller, weightier impression than the 2006 but at least as much energy. Finishes with big but sweet tannins and excellent length.”

DOMINUS 2006
94+ Points

“There’s a juicy quality to the ripe red fruit, mineral and graphite flavors, not to mention a firm underlying spine, that promises a long and positive evolution in bottle. Quite young but not austere, finishing with building tannins and lovely lift. The lingering perfume of red fruits, pepper, flowers and licorice is unusually complex. A really superb 2006, seemingly every bit as good as the sensational 2005.”

NAPANOOK 2006
89+ Points

“Deep red-ruby. Raspberry, mocha, tobacco, brown spices, menthol and herbs on the lively and inviting nose. Supple on entry … with flavors of red fruits, smoke, flowers and earth along with some slightly edgy acidity.”