Wine Spectator: 92 points

A rich, supple, seductive style, with layers of mocha, currant, wild berry, plum and cedar, it serves up a wealth of flavor and those who like their fruit ripe with ample oak will find this exhilarating. Drink now through 2011. 1,200 cases made.

Review date: October 2005

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar: 93 points

($118; a selected vineyard block consisting mostly of 30-year-old vines) Good red-ruby. Roasted redcurrant, mocha, licorice, dark chocolate and menthol on the nose; clearly riper than the regular cabernet. Then big, chewy, broad and deep, with powerful flavors of currant, chocolate, mocha and tobacco, sweetened by oak. Finishes impressively long, with big, broad, horizontal tannins.

Review date: May 2005

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 95 points

More serious and foreboding as well as opulent and close to full maturity is the sexy, voluptuously textured, deep, concentrated, dense plum/purple-colored 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve. Fashioned from the estate’s finest Cabernet lots, it possesses terrific ripeness, a silky, plush texture, a big, full-bodied, broad, savory, deep, well-textured mouthfeel, and a 45-second finish. This gorgeous wine will offer both intellectual and hedonistic pleasure for another 12-15 years.

Review date: June 2012