Tried this the other night. Decanted and tasted over 1-3 hours. Dark as night color but much more closed and restrained than other vintages. If I had tasted this blind, I would not have said this was a Marquis wine. If you like the typical Marquis full throttle style, this wine is not there (yet?). Maybe this bottle was suffering from some travel sickness so I will reserve judgement and re-taste before scoring.

i had this a few weeks back with highdesertwine. he had decanted it for 10+ hours, and we both agreed it was a 96 pointer.

This too was at last night's blind Syrah/Shiraz tasting and took 5th place in a field of 19. Don't know how long it had been decanted but it was a solid and full, fruity wine. It did have some zin-like attributes, with quite a bit of pepper and a slight metallic bite that faded a bit on my retaste about a hour after my initial taste. I had thought about bringing this to the tasting and am glad to still have a few bttls.

I found this to be an excellent wine at least on par with the 2001. It needs some time to settle down but all the elements are there for a 96+ score from Parker.