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This iconic wine is rich and perfumed. It's powerful and concentrated, with layers of wood contrasted by explosive, ripe fruits. Ripe red-fruit flavors are brightened by ample acidity...
...smoke and spicy oak notes, set against a core of cherry fruit. Firms up on the finish, where hints of licorice and spice linger. This remains fresh and balanced, gaining suppleness with air.
The palate is medium-bodied with crisp and quite succulent tannins, well-judged acidity and a bright, vibrant finish that has a citrus-like intensity. Long in the mouth, this is a well-crafted and quite delicious Pinot that shows off the propitious nature of its terroir.
Musky aromas of plum, redcurrant, strawberry, dried flowers, underbrush and spicecake... Finishes with dusty tannins and an appealing pomegranate bitterness.
More spicy and less immediately perfumed... Refined, fairly slight, a little dry and light on the finish.