This is evolving beautifully in bottle. Yes it's rich and ripe, but there is good balance with its structural elements, and it makes for a really fun drink. It's not often you can say that about serious, stodgy Bordeaux but it fits this wine. Lots of concentrated black cherry fruit fills the palate, and while it's still got some tannins to resolve, there's plenty of fruit to go around. I don't think I will be able to keep my hands off my last bottle though. A great bargain considering I paid $14 on futures a year and a half into the campaign.
