$10. 65% Old Vine Mourvedre/35% Cabernet. I purchased the bottle due to Parker's 93-point rating of the 2001. Tanzer actually gives this vintage an 89.

This wine definitely needs at least 30 minutes of breathing/decanting time. When first opened, this wine was horribly closed and simple--to the point where I thought I had picked up a flawed bottle. Coming back 30 minutes later, I return to find a beautiful wine that still continues to open-up and impress after 1.5 hours. A medium bodied wine with thick legs. Leather and cassis aromas and flavors, along with unsweetened chocolate, finishing with a touch of coffee grounds combined with fairly rough tannins. Lengthy finish. A very good wine to excellent wine. 90 points.