Port, oak, black fruit, savoury and meaty aromas. Fresher than the nose suggests, it's a solid wine with some minerality and dusty, grippy tannins. Drink 2013. Alc: 14.6%. (15.75 points)

Very ripe and deeply extracted in concentrated blackberry fruit, with a rich overlay of oak and the fine acidity and tannins that characterize a well made Napa Valley Cabernet. Lacks the stunning complexity of the ’05 and even the ’07, but still a remarkable wine. Needs time. Cellar until after 2015.——S.H.(12/15/2011)—— 91