94 Points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate "Even though this bottle is showing a little volatility on the nose, one can still discern a magnificent La Mission. It has an intense, exuberant bouquet of blackberry, dusty attic, cedar and cigar box with smoke and burning embers developing in the glass. The palate is nicely balanced, more sedate than I recall previous bottles with a slight bitterness towards the finish. (NM)" (01/2012)