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...gorgeous amounts of black (and slightly blue) fruits, with tons of violets, olives and peppered meat, this beauty is full-bodied, impeccably balanced and silky, with a terrific mid-palate and fine, polished tannin providing plenty of focus and cut on the palate... Bravo!
Fresh and brambly...red berry, underbrush, tapenade, and floral personality...opens up beautifully in the glass and gets more and more interesting, showing a wilder, gamey quality...medium to full bodied with juicy, subtly sweet fruit, racy acidity, a silky, superb texture and grippy finish. Classy wine and very well done...
Brighter red fruits on the nose than the Ampelos, with complicating notes of Asian spices, potpourri and minerals. Racy and spicy on entry, then richer in the mid-palate, offering sweet raspberry and cherry flavors with notes of licorice and candied flowers. Finishes with impressive clarity, a strong echo of spices and persistent red fruit and floral character.
A delicious wine, dry and lush and very rich. Hard to resist the exotic appeal of its tangerine, cherry, rose petal and sandalwood flavors, with a touch of smoky char from new oak. A drop of Malvasia Bianca adds a fresh bite of acidity and citrus peel.