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A delicious infusion or terroir and fruit highlight this intense, backward red. Well-muscled, it evokes cherry, tobacco and mineral aromas and flavors wrapped up in its vivid, firm structure. The tannins are beautifully integrated...
Loads of blackberries, licorice, plums, black cherries, stones, and flowers can be discerned in its complex flavor profile. Its finish, described in my notes as "completely unreal", is exceedingly long, fruit-filled, and suave.
Subtly complex nose melds red fruits, rose petal, minerals and musky soil tones. Lush, rich, silky and deep...
A clear and unmistakable notch up as there is more of everything with bigger, denser and more powerful flavors that are spicier and purer aromatically as well.