Estimate
Elegantly dynamic, with a core of refined crushed-stone minerality, framed by multilayered raspberry and cherry flavors and savory herb and spice notes, finishing with polished tannins.
Powerful, mineral-laced red berry, cherry and floral oil aromas... Stains the palate with energetic raspberry preserve, cherry cola, rose pastille and spicecake flavors that become sweeter and deeper through the midpalate. Shows superb energy, fine definition and solid mineral thrust on the extremely long finish, which is framed by fine-grained, slow-building tannins.
...notions of tar and struck flint over loam, blackberries and black cherries with underbrush and iodine notions...good concentration and earthy character. It has a firm, ripe frame and wonderful freshness, finishing long.
The red tones of cherry and rhubarb here bring together cooked fruits with their perfumed blossoms and a ferrous reductive element through both the nose and palate.