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Smoky blue and black fruits, iron, black olive, and bouquet garni notes...incredibly layered, seamless, and full-bodied profile, it shines just as much for its balance and elegance as its power and richness.
Mocha, plum, espresso and blackberry jam all build effortlessly.
A truly luscious, creamy wine, but with a spine of tannin that gives it muscle and length. Powerful in black fruit, graphite and iron aromas, then bitter chocolate, dried black cherries, cocoa and black olive accents. Made from roughly equal thirds of cabernet sauvignon, merlot and cabernet franc, a mix that lends layers and fascinating complexity.
...herbal, with prominent sage and pine notes accenting black cherries on the nose, while the full-bodied palate is concentrated and muscular but also supremely ripe, with masses of tannins and hints of licorice on the lengthy finish.
Ripe, well-structured and authoritative, this is also rather sleek in feel, with a core of mulled black currant and blackberry fruit, melted black licorice and roasted mesquite notes coursing through, flanked with bay and cast iron accents.
Perfumed and lots of tannin. Really quite bordelais in structure.