The dark ruby/purple-colored 2003 Malleolus de Sancho Martin emerges from a vineyard planted in 1964 on limestone and clay soils. It was aged for 22 months in 100% new French oak. Neither as powerful nor muscular as its predecessors, it is an elegant, polished effort displaying a Pinot Noir-like sensitivity. Notes of sweet cherries, cranberries, and boysenberries intermixed with graphite and smoked herbs are found in this lush, impressive cuvee. It should drink well for a decade.