Medium ruby-red. Pure, cool, Pauillac-like nose combines blackcurrant, blueberry, violet, licorice and mint. Firmly structured, precise and penetrating, with dark berry and dark chocolate flavors intensified by juicy acids. Seems much tighter today than it was upon release. Very long, palate-staining finish features toothcoating, horizontal tannins. Golitzin describes this wine as "a monster" owing to its powerful tannins, but if this bottle is typical, the '94 has all the elements to be a cellar treasure.

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It offers deep and compelling aromas of red and black fruits, lead pencil, and traces of oak spices. This full-bodied, concentrated, and chewy wine is thick, dense, and gorgeously defined for such a massive wine. Its combination of power and elegance brought to mind the 1986 Margaux, one of the finest wines ever produced by that illustrious estate. When I first tasted this wine at the estate in Snohomish, Golitzen was worried that it was too big and powerful. I found myself in the all-too-rare position of defending a wine's qualities to the person who had made it! At a subsequent tasting, the wine had lost some of its youthful exuberance and Golitzen was enthused to see that it was gaining focus and elegance. This is a truly magnificent wine, and it will age remarkably well.

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Bright and flavorful, a generous mouthful of blueberry, blackberry and currant shaded with spicy oak notes on the persistent finish. Fine-grained tannins need cellaring.

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Cedar notes at first; seems a bit young, good tanina