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Ineffable aromas of raspberry, rose petal and minerals display wonderful perfumed lift... Silky, concentrated and fine-grained on entry, then sharply delineated and perfumed in the middle palate, boasting superb floral lift...black raspberry, crushed stone and botanical herb flavors. A wonderfully savory, silky midweight with terrific energy...noble, perfectly buffered tannins. The savory, slowly building finish is hard to scrape off your palate.
Deep, smoky and meaty nose. A powerful wide-screen wine in which the major tannin structure is almost masked, showing its hand a little at the fresh and very subtle finish.
Discreet but not invisible wood serves as a backdrop for the airy, ripe and very pure red and dark cherry, earth and wonderfully broad-ranging spice notes. There is terrific punch to the big, robust, tautly structured and well-muscled flavors that ooze with minerality and buckets of mid-palate sap that buffers the prominent tannic spine on the youthfully austere finish.
Very rich and polished. Sweet start with a little bit of coffee grounds... Throbs on the finish.