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...awesome notes of crème de cassis, smoked earth, violets, and vanilla bean. Full-bodied, concentrated, yet opulent and layered, with fabulous purity of fruit and building tannin, this monumental beauty has no hard edges, fine, fine tannin, and a blockbuster finish.
Hugely perfumed, expansive aromas of dark berry preserves, bitter chocolate, fruitcake, sandalwood, five-spice powder and vanilla, with a spicy topnote. Alluringly sweet, palate-staining blackberry, vanilla, espresso, floral pastille and dark chocolate flavors show superb delineation and are sharpened and lifted by a spine of juicy acidity. Supple, harmonious tannins come in late and give gentle grip to a lively, strikingly persistent finish that leaves resonating floral and spice notes behind.