94 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: `The 2005 Grand Vin is a blend of 70% Malbec, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Syrah, 7% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot. It was aged in French oak for 12 months and bottled unfined and unfiltered. Inky purple, the wine has an alluring perfume of wood smoke, spice box, pencil lead, black cherry, and black currant. This leads to a medium to full-bodied wine with an intense attack, layers of spicy black fruits, licorice, and chocolate. All components are nicely integrated and lead to a lengthy, pure finish. This Bordeaux-inspired wine should blossom over the next 10-12 years and drink well through 2030. Drink 2018 - 2030. Tanzer: Glass-staining saturated ruby. High-toned, slightly medicinal aromas of crushed raspberry, chocolate and licorice; showing its oak today. Lush on entry, then medicinal and young in the mid-palate, with dense, dark flavors of blackberry pastille and licorice. Finishes with chewy tannins and excellent length. This impressively constituted malbec gained in sweetness as it opened in the glass, while maintaining sufficient life in the mouth. 91 S.Tanzer