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Dark, rich and concentrated, with beautifully defined and ripe black cherry and blackberry fruit. Gains intensity and shows a firm wall of tannins on the finish, but they're ripe and plush, letting the fruit push forward.
Aromas of crystallized dark berries, minerals, espresso, bitter chocolate, pepper and spices. Dense and ripe but tightly coiled, in the style of the best '99s. Primary black fruit and shoe polish flavors supported by powerful spine.
...a big, structured, beefy style with intense, concentrated, highly extracted black fruits intermixed with cedar, plum, coffee, and leather characteristics.