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Iodine aromas, with tobacco, cedar and sea shells, and earth and ripe fruit underneath. Full-bodied, with slightly chewy tannins and a vanilla, berry and cherry aftertaste.
The palate is medium-bodied with leafy black fruit infused with bay leaf, clove and black tea...there is a sense of effortlessness about this wine that makes you fall in love.
It reveals good body as well as plenty of tannin, adequate acidity and classic La Mission terroir characteristics of smoke, scorched earth, spice, roasted meats and camphor.