Estimate
...roasted aromas of raspberry, bitter cherry, minerals, lead pencil, dark chocolate and espresso, plus a note of nut skin. Tight, firm and solidly structured but also layered and sweet, with quintessential merlot flavors of dark berries.
...displayed a well-balanced, lively character with cassis, blackberry, black cherry, grilled oak, and tar flavors. It was concentrated, extracted, had dense layers of fruit as well as a long, highly expressive finish...
...Marked acidity but well integrated oak. Savoury fruit - seems more obviously Cabernet than some even though it is a Merlot! Some cassis and reasonable complexity.