88-90 Robert Parker - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"For the adventurous, the 2004 Durif The Howling Dog comes across like a full-throttle California Petite Sirah, displaying notes reminiscent of liquid dirt intermixed with peppery black currants and cassis. Give this opaque, dense, rich, meaty, and structured, impressively pure, balanced, masculine effort 2-3 years of bottle age and hope for the best. Remember, this is Durif, not Syrah or Cabernet Sauvignon, but this dog came to hunt."