A nice bottle, but it didn't hit my sweet ("buy again!") spot. Partly from taste, partly from price increase.

A beautiful garnet color shimmering almost silver at the edges. The nose was hit upon corking, and smelled cherry/plum, a bit spicy. Provocative.

As I tried to pull out more smells, I got some plum, mint, blackberry, cinnamon, cream, even some mint and parsley/sage and orange peel, which I suspect sounds weird for a LB Bordeaux. Smokiness.

I pegged the ABV higher than it is (13.5, I thought 14), and while the first glass had a very pleasant long finish, that faded with my second glass, 1.5 hours later--closer to medium.

It's a very good wine, and I'm glad I tried it. I considered getting another bottle because at $68, it's good... But

Nope, for over $100, current price, I have better options.