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...melted licorice, chocolate, creme de cassis, mocha, and sweet forest floor aromas. It is a seductive yet extraordinarily complex wine that should prove to be a future super-star.
Reminiscent of Bordeaux with its loamy earthiness, texture and structure, this is rich and full-bodied, with mouthcoating tannins yet also plenty of herb- and currant-laced mineral and graphite flavors that are intense and concentrated.
...Deep aromas of blackberry, graphite and violet. Sweet, rich and concentrated, with a layered, chocolatey ripeness to the black fruit, mineral and licorice flavors. Finishes with broad, dusty tannins and terrific length.