Amazingly vibrant. Begins with oak, smoke, char and vanilla from barrels, and then the aromas blast into coconut cream pie, black cherry, licorice and rich spices. It’s in the mouth that the wine stuns with spicy intensity. Dry and stylish, this dry, precocious wine will improve with short-term aging. —S.H.——S.H.(5/1/2002)—— 93