...piney-herbal notes and combines them with redder, more vibrant fruit flavors, evocative of cherries and raspberries. Yet even with this greater freshness, the wine remains full-bodied, concentrated and velvety in feel, with a tremendously long finish.
All the elements are so impeccably balanced. Inky dark fruit, mocha, licorice, spice and leather are some of the many notes that pulse through the 2017.
Incredible blackberries, blueberries and black cherries. Sandalwood, tile and terracotta. Sweet tobacco, too. A solid core of fruit here with tension and focus. Really framed and polished. Gorgeous. Savory finish.
Lots of truffle, sandalwood, and spicy wood characteristics...ripe tannins, notable balance, and medium to full-bodied richness.
...gorgeous waves of loganberry, mulberry, cassis and plum fruit flavors that glide through, carried by copious yet polished and integrated tannins through the long, savory-, sweet tobacco– and alder-tinged finish.