Wine Spectator - May 15, 2005
Score : 84
Open-knit, with grilled herb and crisp black cherry fruit. Firm, minerally finish. Drink now. 10,000 cases made. James Molesworth.
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar - Jan/Feb 05
Score : 85
Bright, medium red-ruby. Pure aromas of tree bark, leather, gunflint and iron, with a slight herbaceousness. Leanish and juicy, but reasonably ripe and not at all hard. Less green in the mouth than on the nose. Good honest wine, not especially complex but sharply delineated and aromatic. Finishes with notes of green olive, fresh herbs, pepper and spices. Stephen Tanzer.