I have been in love with this wine since I first encountered it in barrel and it seems only to have gotten better and better. An elegant, pure and refined nose of earth, coffee, spice and intensely perfumed black cherries combine with focused, tautly muscular, remarkably complex and precise full-bodied, sweet and palate staining flavors that seem to go on and on. But the quality that impresses me the most is the dazzling combination of finesse and power, all wrapped in a finish of near perfect harmony and balance. This should be capable of aging well for at least two decades though for my taste, it has just arrived on the front edge of its peak drinkability. A great wine that is not as dense or monumental as the '05 but this is finer. Multiple, and consistent, notes as my scores have varied only between 94 and 95 points.

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