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...sagebrush and blackberry compote aromas that combine with shades of Turkish coffee and graphite accents. The palate is plush, reveling in its silky mouthfeel and outstanding length. Finishing exceedingly long...
...ripe black fruits, classy oak, graphite, lead pencil, and tobacco. Full-bodied, beautifully balanced, and seamless on the palate, it has a touch more plushness than the straight Cabernet Sauvignon, with a great mid-palate, sweet tannins, and a great, great finish.
Blueberries, blackberries, oyster shell, walnuts, vanilla and cocoa butter on the nose. It’s full-bodied with firm, fine tannins. Intense and concentrated, yet sleek and silky in texture. Spicy and seductive finish.
...aromas are expressive, with notes of cassis, scorched earth, date, anise and spice. It's a big, rich mouthful of a wine, showing density and layering, but also remarkable fleetness of foot.
...luscious and generous expression, offering up notions of black raspberry, spiced plum and blackberry jus. Full-bodied, this heavyweight champ has a velvety denseness to the mid-palate, with a luscious essence of crème de cassis, resinous purple flowers and chocolate-covered blueberries. The wine continues to evolve with persistence for more than a minute on the long-lingering finish.