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...marvelous intensity from the first sniff to the last swallow of this excellent wine. Spicy and penetrating, it augments ripe strawberry and cherry fruit with details of herb and pepper. With power to spare, it remains an elegant, even pretty Pinot.
Soft and open-textured, dark and spicy, with apricot and mineral overtones to the dark plum flavors, finishing extra-long and detailed.
Deeply pitched aromas of dark berries, cherry-cola, woodsmoke and Indian spices, with a mineral nuance adding lift. Chewy and expansive on the palate, offering sweet black raspberry and spicecake flavors plus hints of vanilla and sassafras...excellent concentration...finishing with strong cut and smooth, late-arriving tannins.
...very harmonious and pure bouquet...smooth and silky palate with a keen line of acidity...quite solid in the mouth, with very good substance that lends it a long, meaty/dried blood finish.