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Enticing wild cherry, currant, spice and vegetal aromas and flavors mark this linear, intense red. The finish is long and saturated. It's all there, compressed within the firm structure.
The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin and good purity. Here the terroir does show and I appreciate the energy that filters through the mass of black fruit on the finish.
...delightful, layered bouquet of black cherry, raspberry coulis and light undergrowth scents that opens nicely with aeration. The palate is well balanced and slightly chalky, displaying a fine bead of acidity and impressive tension toward the finish.
The intensely mineral-driven and beautifully well-detailed flavors possess a real sense of drive as well as excellent power that builds from the mid-palate back to the impressively balanced and wonderfully long finale.
Great definition and precision. Very rich – almost too much! With a hint of something agricultural.