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...bouquet of crème de cassis, tobacco, damp earth and chocolate. As with the Archimage, it's full-bodied, rich, and concentrated, with sweet tannin...
A stylishly presented nose with fine, spiced-chocolate notes, across a rich array of ripe red-to-dark berries. The palate has impressively fine tannins that carry long and even, around a core of fresh and vibrant purple berries.
...aromas of red and black currants, cigar box and loamy soil, followed by a medium to full-bodied, textural and chewy palate that concludes with a tangy, vanilla-inflected finish.
Well-knit and refined, with delicately expressive black cherry, coffee bean and spice flavors that build tension toward polished tannins.
Alluring scents of black raspberry, dusty brown spices, currant, tobacco leaf and herbs... Finer-grained than the Archimage, displaying lovely intensity and finesse and good acid lift to its dark fruit, spicebox and tobacco leaf flavors.