98 points -- I would place it, qualitatively, a notch below the prodigious 2000, and a few notches above the blockbuster 2003... 7,000 cases... exhibits a thick-looking purple color to the rim as well as an exquisite perfume of blueberry and blackberry liqueur, unsmoked cigar tobacco, crushed rocks, damp earth, and hints of truffles and incense... the greatest achievements of Bordeaux in the last 50 years.
Drinking Window: 2020 to 2060