"An intriguing blend of 45% Tempranillo, 43% Grenache, and 12% Souzao (a Portuguese varietal), the dense blue/purple-hued 2003 Sticks and Stones offers notions of blue fruits, graphite, smoke, incense, and liquid minerals. Full-bodied, rich, concentrated, pure, noble, and moderately tannic, it should drink well for 7-8 years."