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Although this has enormously deep blackberry character, the savory and smoky notes are every bit as important to this bold and highly structured cabernet. Giant concentration at the spectacular finish, but the tannins are already pretty well integrated. Such purity.
...dense, powerful and muscular on the palate, with tremendous depth and intensity in all of its dimensions. Beams of salinity and minerality give the 2016 its shape and overall sense of energy.
...offers plenty of earthy minerality as well as deep, smoky black and blue fruits, full body, bright acidity, and building structure. It has all the right components...
This is a grippy, powerful and densely built wine, robustly oaky and substantial in dark, brooding black fruit. The blackberry and cherry have a succulence that gives the wine a juicy core and soft midpalate, as a build up of black pepper, graphite and smoke surround.
...it opens with notes of baked cherries, cassis and prunes with hints of fruitcake and baking spices plus a waft of potpourri. Full-bodied and chewy with loads of freshness, it has a rustic finish.
Dark and winey, with lots of black currant, fig and plum fruit melding together, offering warm black licorice and tar notes. Features a grippy yet well-embedded structure, giving this a sleek, energetic feel in the end.