Beautiful wine.  Inky purple in color with a thin ruby rim, opaque and shimmering bright.  The nose has cassis, graphite, cedar and spice.  Full bodied.  Firm tannins.  Great balance.  Concentrated.  On the palate, this took a few hours to really open but then drank quite well.  Flavors of cassis, spice, slight earthiness and char.  Good finish.  This could use more cellaring but with a long decant no harm opening now.  Give it a few hours minimum.  Drink over the next twenty years.  Great on its own, this worked well with Eggplant Parmesan.  At least a couple of points of upside on the score as it matures.

Grade: 
A
Score: 
96
Vintage: 
2018
Current Price: 
$229.00USD