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...offers beautiful spiced red and black fruits as well as notes of tobacco, loamy earth, and leafy herbs. With outstanding balance, medium-bodied richness, and a great finish...elegant, classically built Bordeaux...
Lively aromas of redcurrant, plum, tobacco leaf, red licorice and musky herbs, along with a distinct green element in an Old World way...offering a bit more inner-mouth floral lift and intensity. More filled in as well... Finishes firm and long, with serious dusty tannins and good peppery lift and grip.
The aromas intrigue, with notes of apple, dusty earth, bittersweet chocolate, green herb and cigar box...flavors are pleasingly reserved, bringing a sense of polish, class and freshness. There's sneaky density to the fruit.
...opens to luscious and juicy fruit tones that melt with elements of chocolate ganache, cinnamon and dusty purple flowers. Medium to full-bodied, the palate offers up juicy plum skin essence with cherry reduction and blackberry flavors, a balanced structure and lingering, persistent finish...a beautiful and delicious wine...