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...this full-bodied beauty has wonderfully integrated, ripe tannins, elegance paired with richness, and textbook Napa Valley Cabernet notes of blue fruits, leafy tobacco, cedar pencil, and damp earth. It’s a brilliant, smoking good 2018...
...opening with ripe, rich notes of stewed plums, blackcurrant pastilles, blueberry pie and redcurrant jelly, plus suggestions of smoked meats, tilled soil, bouquet garni and licorice. The full-bodied palate is jam-packed with spicy black fruit preserves, framed by ripe, grainy tannins and seamless freshness, finishing long and layered.
...bold, rich and explosive, with tremendous vertical energy that gives it a really distinctive feel. Blackberry jam, spice, menthol, licorice, chocolate, spice and licorice are all amped up in the glass. Dark, brooding and virile...