Estimate
Spice- and mineral-accented boysenberry and cherry-vanilla scents... Vibrant and expansive on the palate, offering appealingly sweet, oak-tinged black and blue fruit compote flavors that deepen and spread out slowly across the midpalate...very long, floral-tinged finish, which leaves behind sappy dark fruit, vanilla and licorice pastille notes.
Deep and dark aromas of black currant, elderberry jam, dark chocolate and an elegant layering of herbs show on the nose of this bottling. There's a dense frame of opulent black cherry and purple flowers on the sip, which is framed by upright yet smooth tannins.
...ripe cassis, blackberry preserves, dried herbs, incense and dusty earth notions with a hint of smoked meat. The medium to full-bodied palate reveals a firm, fine-grained backbone with layered, relatively elegant fruit expression and a long and earthy finish.
...black and blue fruits, with lots of graphite/pencil lead, licorice and crushed rocks aromatics.