A mildly gamy, slightly sauvage note adds interest to this well-oaked wine. Cherry, cinnamon-toast and menthol aromas open to a palate of deep cherry fruit with earthy accents. The feel is supple, and black-cherry and licorice notes show on the long, smoothly tannic finish. The toasty oak and fruit work in harmony here.——W.E.(4/1/2001)—— 87