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...big, sweet, blackberry, cassis, subtle smoke, graphite, and spicy oak-scented nose. Dense and full-bodied with sweet but substantial tannins, thrilling levels of concentration, texture, and richness, and a heady finish.
Sexy aromas of redcurrant, cherry, strawberry and cedar. Here the substantial, firm tannins are sweeter, allowing the berry and floral flavors to linger and build. Certainly the best vintage for this wine in recent years.
Dark, bold, potent and young...concentrated blackberry, black currant and violet flavors that turn sweet and chocolaty on the finish...Quite tannic...Best after 2013, in a proper cellar.
Firm, ripe, rich and concentrated, full-bodied and tightly focused, with a chewy core of dried currant, mineral, fresh earth, spice, black licorice and dried sage, gaining weight, depth and density, and ending with a potent...