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This cuvée quickly finds its deep core of cherry fruit, pleasingly annotated with sweet spices and a dusting of cocoa powder. The length is impressive, as is the overall balance.
Sexy, oak-spiced red and dark berry, incense and vanilla scents, along with hints of sassafras and mocha. Juicy and seamless on the palate, offering intense black raspberry and bitter cherry flavors lifted and given spine by a core of zesty acidity. Fleshes out steadily on a very long, smoke-accented finish that emphatically echoes the vanilla and red fruit notes.