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...beautiful notes of creme de cassis, barbecue smoke, crushed pepper and violets. Medium to full-bodied, ripe and textured, yet always pure and balanced...
Floral, lifted and savory...lovely delicacy but also plenty of dark Ballard Canyon fruit. Rose petal, lavender and sweet red plum add the closing shades of nuance.
Smooth and sultry purple fruit and flower notes get more specific on the black pepper and blackberry elements... The palate is both dynamic and straightforward, with nuanced blueberry-blackberry fruits decorated by peppery spice that dances across solid structure into the long finish.
Confected, candied and cooked fruit. Authentic spice and pleasingly firm tannic structure...