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...aromas of blackberry, cassis, plum, rose petal, licorice and spice. Despite its aromatic flamboyance, on the palate the wine is controlled—even reserved—with immense concentration and a bottomless core, its tannins fine-grained but firm, asserting themselves on the finish...
... Copious red cherry and wild strawberry fruit lace with minerals, superb delineation and focus... The palate is medium-bodied...more density and volume... The stem addition discretely interwoven with the fruit lending a light sous-bois note towards the sustained finish, and a tingle of spice on the aftertaste. Brilliant...
... cool, pure and ultra-spicy and floral aromas of dark currant, plum and soy. The tautly muscular, intense and impressively scaled big-bodied flavors drip with both dry extract and evident minerality on the robust and driving finish that is sneaky long...quite firmly structured...
... Smells sweeter fruited...more savoury, almost earthy (in a good way)...have more up-front power... Real power... A big wine in this context but no lack of harmony and finesse. Dense but ripe.