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Opaque purple-colored, it delivers an expressive nose of smoke, leather, grilled bacon, game, blueberry, and licorice. Full-bodied, it is dense, ripe, and layered as well as opulent.
While the toasty, charry oak is evident; the wine comes together on the medium- to full-bodied palate which has outstanding line and length...
...Lush and creamy but lively too, with energetic blackberry and mulberry flavors, exotic Asian spice accents and fine-grained, harmonious tannins. Suave mocha and candied licorice appear on the long, juicy finish...
Broad and generous. A lively mouthful of black tea-accented cherry and herb notes, lingering against crisp tannins on the finish.
Sweet, small dark fruit berries with an attractive sappy freshness and even very slightly floral. Dark and dry and tasty. Some prune flavours but not overripe. Fine, dry firm tannins.