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...lots of cassis and blackberry fruits, notes of violets, ground pepper, iron, and some gamey meat, full-bodied richness, velvety tannins, and an awesome finish.
...hugely complex bouquet evokes ripe dark fruits, olive, floral, bacon fat and vanilla, and smoky mineral and tobacco notes appear with aeration. Stains the palate with deeply concentrated, spice- and mineral-accented bitter cherry, blueberry, dark chocolate and violet pastille flavors that show fine definition and back-end lift. Velvety, slowly building tannins frame an extremely long, subtly chewy finish that echoes the blue fruit and floral notes.
This packs lots of energy, with a core of red currant, blackberry and damson plum notes that are bristling with violet, savory, white pepper and olive accents. The long finish has mouthwatering cut as the chalky spine holds everything together.
...delivers huge doses of pristine blueberry and cherry fruit...full-bodied, rich and tannic but supple, with a long, lively finish.