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An exotically perfumed bouquet evokes red fruit preserves, smoky Indian spices and incense, with a suave floral element gaining power with air. Fleshy, seamless and deep in the mouth, offering intense black raspberry and cherry liqueur flavors braced and lifted by juicy acidity. The spicy note comes back slowly as the wine opens in the glass. Smooth tannins arrive late on the sweet, strikingly long finish, which leaves floral pastille and anise notes behind.
Deeper and more concentrated, with medium to full-bodied richness and depth...has fabulous purity in its blackberry, currants, black licorice, roasted herbs and assorted meatiness. Possessing ultra-fine tannin and building underlying structure...
Shows ample ripeness, with a fleshy feel to the melted licorice, warmed fig and plum cake flavors that pump along, carried by pastis, roasted apple wood and fruitcake notes. Features lots of well-embedded grip.
Very fresh and ethereal on the nose and then with great richness underneath finishing up with ripe tannins... Lots going on here!