Decanted for an hour prior to drinking, and we consumed this over 3 hours or so. This went well with grilled skirt steak and veggies.
The wine was very dark ruby, with no bricking at the rim. The nose was quite St. Estephe, with leaden pencil shaving notes that eventually yielded to dark fruit. Remarkably, the wine actually drank young, with good acidity, fresh fruit and very prominent tannins. I feel that I should be able to enjoy this wine for the next decade easily. And at 25/btl this is a great value.