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This wine is sensational. Black purple, its incredible nose of truffles, asphalt, forest floor and white flowers is followed by blueberry and black raspberry fruit, a multi-layered texture, full-bodied richness, and a killer finish.
...notes of black raspberries, crème de cassis, crushed flowers, graphite, and hints of crushed rocks. Deep, layered, and concentrated, yet also pure, elegant and seamless, it’s a gorgeous wine...
...juicy and broad on the palate with mouth-filling tannins... Cherry and raspberry liqueur flavors run deep, wrapped in sizable oak and well-integrated accents of cedar and dried herb.
...plenty of varietal aromatic and flavor nuance. Tobacco, sweet herbs, leather and mocha all add considerable shades of dimension. Ripe, sweet tannins give the 2014 much of its immediacy.