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Deep violet color. A heady, complex bouquet displays aromas of ripe dark berries and floral pastilles, with a spicy topnote and a smoky mineral accent. Sweet, deeply concentrated boysenberry and cherry-vanilla flavors are sharpened by a spicy nuance and a hint of cola that builds with aeration. Closes with superb energy and breadth, leaving sweet violet pastille and spicecake notes on the gently tannic finish.
Focused, with fleshy, sink-your-teeth-into-them tannins that provide a terrific structure for the juicy dark berry flavors and peppery accents. Persistent on the finish.
A wine of real substance and dept. Ripe blackberry fruit and oak is nicely played. Tannins are smoothly layered in sheet-like style.
Deep crimson with soft ruby rim. Almost too intense on the nose in its slightly spirity but also rocky/savoury black fruit. Much more harmony and balance on the palate, rich but not heavy, deep and long and nicely dry on the finish thanks to the still-tight tannins.