Estimate
The nose shows an alluring display of hauntingly dark florals giving way to crushed black cherry, plums, and tobacco...silky textures flood the senses with ripe red and black fruits, carried by vibrant acids, as sweet spices and minerals slowly saturate, and fine tannin begins to mount toward the finale...finish is long and structured, resonating on zesty wild berry fruits, spice, and minerals...
Quite reductive and earthy, but opens to show tidy cranberries and glazed red cherries. Hints of citrus and spice. Full-bodied and rich, but there’s savory edge to the plush, juicy tannins, and lots of weight and density.
It offers a broad-brush interpretation of the grape, with textured blackberry, spice, tar and earthy aromas.
A lean, savory version, whose cherry, iron, tobacco and underbrush flavors play into the dusty tannins, pushing the fruit to the background. The aromas are the best feature.