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...cherry, raspberry, sandalwood, vanilla and green olive aromas and flavors...compact and dense, with a lingering aftertaste of sandalwood and oak spice.
...rich, powerful and ambitious...plenty of backbone as well as supporting freshness and minerality.
...expressive and open bouquet...red berry fruit, undergrowth, crushed stone, tobacco and plenty of ground pebbles...wonderfully detailed. The medium-bodied palate delivers fine-grained tannin...good grip and a hint of graphite that lingers on the finish. Excellent.
...showing very well, bursting with aromas of plummy fruit, sweet spices, grilled squab, orange rind, dark chocolate and rose petals. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, ample and layered, with an expansive attack, good depth at the core and fine-boned structuring tannins, concluding with a long, fragrant finish.