Gorgeous aromas of crushed berries, cigar box, black licorice and tanned leather. Full-bodied, with fine silky tannins and a medium to long finish. Seems a little tight right now. But refined and pretty.
It will be a potentially long-lived wine...a surprisingly tight bouquet. With aeration, notes of fresh tobacco, dried herbs, smoke, asphalt, and black fruits emerge ... but reluctantly.
Really explodes on the palate; lush and minerally, with a compelling note of woodsmoke and firm acidity.
...Wonderfully round and developed and subtle. More subtle than La Mission with a drier finish. Chewy end still there...