...redolent of plum preserves, blackberry pie and cassis with touches of cedar chest, unsmoked cigars, menthol and tilled soil plus a waft of lilacs. The palate is medium to full-bodied with a solid backbone of firm, grainy tannins, tons of expressive fruit and seamless acid with a long earthy finish.
This is a powerfully built, age-worthy wine, robustly concentrated and dense in elements of tobacco, gunpowder, turned earth and leather. Sizable tannins give it additional weight and breadth, as well as structure: a sign of the vintage as well as site...
Quite ripe, featuring showy raspberry puree and blackberry notes melded with melted licorice details and ending with a polished finish...