...incredible array of red, blue, and black fruits as well as unsmoked tobacco, iron, hazelnut, and toasty oak all emerge from the glass, and it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a layered, ultra-fine, building texture, perfect tannins, and a huge finish.
...boasts aromas of kaleidoscopic complexity, with shifting floral notes joined by mocha, cassis, black raspberry ice cream, vanilla and cedar. Marry those whirling tones in the mouth with a wine that's full-bodied, rich, velvety and long on the finish, and lucky drinkers are in for a full-throttle pleasure ride that should be toned down but still exciting in two decades' time.