Robert Parker 92+ - "The 2006 Two Blondes Vineyard.. offers up aromas of balsam wood, cinnamon, sage, incense, black cherry, and black currant. This is followed by supple, ripe wine with fine-grained tannins, savory flavors, and excellent balance. In each case, the 2007 is superior to its 2006 ....
Robert Parker 93+ - "The 2006 Ciel du Cheval.. . Purple-colored, it has an outstanding bouquet of cedar, cinnamon, clove, black currant, and blackberry. There are layers of savory fruit, considerable complexity, excellent balance, and a lengthy, fruit-filled finish. In each case, th....
Wine Spectator 93pts - "This has plenty of power, with a huge core of red and black currant fruit, plum sauce and iron, all wrapped by layers of spice, well-integrated toast and tobacco. A sanguine hint chimes in, helping to stretch out the finish. There's impressive range and depth."
Stephen Tanzer 91pts - "Full red-ruby. Sexy, claret-like nose offers musky redcurrant, cedar, tobacco, licorice and smoked meat. Intense but tightly wound, with penetrating acidity keeping the fruit under wraps today. This long-distance runner is dominated by its spine today, but it'....
Wine Spectator 92pts - "Rich but racy, with tangy minerality coursing through the core of loganberry, plum and fig fruit flavors. There's also roasted mesquite and iron, adding length to the finish, where a maduro tobacco note lingers. Should age nicely."
Wine Enthusiast, 91pts and Best Buy - "This blend of Pinotage, Cabernet, Merlot and Cabernet Franc is full-bodied and complex, with layered aromas of cherry, banana and warming spices, and smooth, elegant flavors of cedar, cherry, tobacco smoke a....
Wine Spectator 90pts - "This red combines the dark, briary edge of the grape with rich, ripe plum sauce and notes of crushed currant and fig. A licorice snap note lingers nicely on the plush finish. Should be fun to age a bit"
