Notes:

The purest of these first three '01s and though it is presently less aromatically expressive, it also possesses the best material. Ripe aromas of orchard fruits, especially apple and appealing spice undertones lead to rich, powerful, sappy flavors that have the best acidity and sense of minerality of any wine to this point plus an almost painfully intense finish. In a word, this is gorgeous. Burghound 90 points

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Jul/Aug 03
($69) Reticent, very pure aromas of citrus skin, apple, wet stone, spearmint and spices. Spicy, quite dry and uncompromising; dense, fat, full and minerally. Not higher in sugar than the foregoing samples but more glyceral in texture. Finishes long, classically dry and minerally. This really transcends the vintage. 91(+?) points