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Aromas of blueberries, blackberries and asphalt combine with hints of peaches and orange peel. Fantastic. Full-bodied and extremely polished red with velvety tannins. Center palate is superb, and it's where forest fruits, fresh mushrooms and dried flowers are all on offer. Glorious fruit and length.
As befits this ripe and forward vintage, this special cuvée is rich to the point of voluptuousness—a generous expression of cherry and plum fruit broadly displayed across the palate...brings smooth and lightly buttery accents of caramel and chocolate. It's a sexy wine...
...sautéed herb-laced nose with black cherry cordial, blackberry preserves and dark chocolate notes plus hints of tilled loam, chargrill, licorice and cedar. Full-bodied, big, rich, dense and dark-fruited, there is notable oak poking through on the palate, with crisp acid and chewy tannins, finishing long and a little angular.