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...stunning wine endowed with tremendous vertical lift, explosive energy and pure power... Dark fruit, leather, smoke, tobacco, crushed rocks and incense all develop in the glass, but it is the wine's structural feel that stands out most.
...leafy nose of tobacco, tomato leaf and bay leaf, along with notes of ripe black and blue fruit and chopped nuts. Full-bodied with fine, chewy tannins. Cashmere texture. Plenty of brooding dark fruit on the palate.
...lovely cool-climate Cabernet. It has aromas of fresh black currants, graphite, black currant bud, cedar and red berry sparks. The full-bodied palate is concentrated but restrained, with minerally, crunchy black fruits, fresh and finely grained, finishing long on an iron note.
Features jaw-dropping fruit, with boysenberry, açaí, plum and black currant notes stitched together seamlessly, inlaid with a graphite spine and backed by violet, anise and apple wood details on the finish. A large-scale version, showing cut, drive and freshness.
It has a Saint Julien-like purity and elegance in its cassis and currant fruit...complex notes of tobacco, earth, and violets. With medium to full body, terrific balance, and ultra-fine tannins...