This is a lovely wine of distinction balance and harmony that is built to age over the next decade or so as the underlying material is superb

This feels like an entire magnum of wine was somehow

I dont know

and in particular the misconception that wines from hot years don’t age

The delicious and tautly muscular flavors possess very good verve while the firm

Torbreck, Laird other_regions This is a lovely wineDeep garnet purple in color, the 2008 The Laird is a little restrained to begin, opening out after a few moments and much coaxing to an extraordinary array of creme de cassis and black plum based aromas with underlying chocolate box, licorice, exotic spice, oolong tea and clove hints with a touch of earthy loam. Richly textured, dense and with a provocative meaty earthy savory, the palate is complex and layered revealing menthol and ripe black fruit