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... An aroma of black raspberry eau de vie is complicated by hints of prosciutto and tea leaf. Juicy, sharply delineated flavors of dark berries, cardamom and pie spices are lifted by a floral topnote. Wonderfully fine-grained and suave, delivering uncommon detail and cut for a 2015 red...
... It offers a dark, full-bodied, incredibly pure style as well as classic Red Mountain notes of scorched earth, graphite, dark chocolate and black and red raspberry fruit. There’s some tannin on the finish, but they’re ripe and polished; it has terrific mid-palate depth and plenty of length...
...black cherry, currants, scorched earth, smoke, and mineral characteristics to go with a big, rich, concentrated style on the palate. Beautifully balanced, with both tannin and acidity...
Subdued aromas of berry, assorted herbs, olive, wood spice, coffee and minerality lead to a deft, full-flavored, juicy palate with plentiful oak accents. There's a pleasing sense of tension that keeps the interest high.