92 points -- Extremely ripe yet still fresh aromas of plum jam, mocha, underbrush and wood spice lead to full-bodied, intense and completely mouth coating flavors and the level of dry extract here is exceptional. This is certainly less elegant than it usually is but it's also more concentrated with dense but fine tannins and huge length... it is undeniably a dramatic, powerful and high caliber effort.
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