The bouquet comes off very mature, brandy-like, raisiny and pruny with a genuine wood influence and vanilla-like sweetness that rounds out the raisin/prune aspect. Palate entry is truly raisiny/pruny and more bittersweet than sugar sweet; midpalate stage features a wood resin impact on the fruitiness and a honey and orange zest presence. Concludes long, gently sweet, moderately fruity and woody.
85-89 points, Wine Enthusiast (Dec 2009)