($115) Dark red with an amber edge. Open nose offers aromas of currant, plum, smoked meat, roast coffee and game. Then plummy and spicy in the mouth, with distinctly Bordeaux-like notes of tobacco leaf, licorice and fresh herbs. Stylish but rather slight, with a restrained sweetness, and a bit streaky with acidity. Finishes with dusty tannins. I'd drink this library release soon. For his part, Togni describes the wine as St. Julien-like, "whereas it's usually more in the Pauillac style."

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The 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon is performing well. There are 1,600 cases of this medium-bodied, Bordeaux-like effort. Notes of cedar, spice box, black currants, subtle oak, and a hint of saddle leather emerge from a pretty, rich, concentrated Cabernet. It is an exceptionally successful effort for the vintage.

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Showing deep black fruit aromas in the nose with smooth olive and stone fruit, plum and cherry. At ten years +, the palate is showing some nice rounded character with smooth black fruit, violet and spice.

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Awesome and from a bad vintage.