This is much more tannin-driven than in the past with firmness and length. Blackberries with some iron undertones. Subtle aftertaste with pretty intensity.
Lots of cured meats, dried red and black fruits, and spice notes emerge... Medium-bodied and balanced, with silky tannins, it’s a complex, layered Mourvèdre...
...beguiling perfume of cracked black pepper, cinnamon stick, cloves and potpourri with a core of kirsch and black raspberries plus a waft of garrigue. Full-bodied with a plush texture and tons of spiced red and black fruits, it finishes long and peppery.
A burst of luscious raspberry and pepper flavors opens to elegantly structured smoky anise, dried cherry and licorice notes that build tension toward polished tannins.
...loaded with kirsch, leather, sweet tobacco, cedar, mint, licorice and dried herbs. Feral and wild, the 2017 is a heady, ripe wine...