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...beautiful floral nose of roses, lavender and lilacs with a core of kirsch, blackcurrant pastilles, black cherries and warm plums with wafts of cigar box and tilled soil. Full, concentrated and featuring loads of red and black fruit layers, it has a very firm backbone of ripe, grainy tannins and a very long, perfumed finish.
Lovely aromas of blackberry and redcurrant jelly with some smoke and just a hint of bitter chocolate. Ripe and concentrated with a very appealing interplay of creamy richness and moderately dry tannins that build nicely at the finish.
...black (and some red) fruits, violets, and spice, it has fabulous purity of fruit, full body, silky tannins, and the freshness and, again, purity, that makes this vintage so compelling.
...absolutely delicious, with soft curves and plenty of generous, plummy fruit. Iron, red cherry, menthol, licorice and white pepper all run through this super-expressive Cabernet.
...red currant, damson plum and cherry fruit, lined with a subtle mineral edge and backed by an echo of anise on the fresh finish.
Densely packed in tobacco and leather, this powerfully ripe, full-bodied wine is integrated in sturdy tannins with a lengthy palate.