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From the opening aroma, the complexities compound, offering pepper, spice, cranberry, candied rose petal, red berry and cherry notes. Simply a stunning value.
...offers up a beautiful perfume of potpourri, rose petals, kirsch, raspberry preserves and mulberries with nuances of underbrush, sautéed herbs, anise and cloves. Light to medium-bodied, this wine gives a wonderful intensity of perfumed red berry and earth flavors, framed by firm, grainy tannins and lively acid, finishing with great persistence and depth.
...offers a mouthful of lithe, supple fruit, with delicate yet expressive notes of raspberry, stony mineral and savory spice. The long, lingering finish is framed by refined tannins.
Heady, smoke-accented red berry preserve, Moroccan spice and lavender pastille scents show wonderful clarity and pick up notes of mocha and cola with air. Sweet and expansive on the palate, offering densely packed, energetic black raspberry and cherry cola flavors that show appealing spiciness and a touch of smoky minerality. Concentrated yet graceful in style, finishing with impressive, mineral-driven thrust and silky, slow-building tannins that fold seamlessly into the sappy fruit.
Delicious mushy raspberry fruit mingling with cake spices, pepper and a touch of stemmy character. Excellent clarity and precision, and gets superb fruit intensity without any heaviness or overextraction.