Estimate
...charcoal and warm cast iron notes running through the dense core of dark fig and plum paste flavors. ...singed apple wood note, with bittersweet cocoa powder details. Muscular, dense and driven, with the charcoal element giving this a slightly wild edge...
...gets my nod for the wine of the vintage and has rock star notes of black fruits, smoked meat, underbrush, and black olives. It’s medium to full-bodied, beautifully concentrated, rich, and layered, and has more depth and length than just about every wine in the vintage...
..Medium to full-bodied, ...with brooding, dark fruit, hints of espresso and black olive on the palate and a chewy, tannic finish...
Dark purple. Expansive cassis, blueberry liqueur, olive paste, vanilla and candied licorice aromas are lifted by a sexy floral note and a spicy suggestion of cracked pepper. ...surprisingly energetic... showing powerful thrust to the concentrated black and blue fruit, spicecake, olive and cola flavors. Very smooth and round, revealing no rough edges that I can detect. Finishes very long and sweet...
...complexity and purity is very impressive. Lovely juniper and lavender notes to finish...