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...a great and formidable wine...packed with deeply concentrated dark-plum and blackberry aromas and flavors. There is a streak of red, spicy, smoky and meaty complexity, as well as a genius fusion of power and elegance.
...it finds a balance between plush black cherry and blackberry preserve fruit and cola, vanilla and woody oak-derived nuances backed by peppery, damp earth undertones that add interest...structured, spicy tannins but again they're balanced by dark berry fruit that avoids overripeness.