Estimate
...rush of crème de cassis, black pepper, lavender, menthol, graphite, smoke and dark spice, along with the wine's persistent tannins, convey a striking impression of mountain structure. Powerful and also wonderfully delineated...drop-dead gorgeous wine...
Densely structured, yet refined and polished, with blueberry, crushed stone and tobacco aromas and densely complex currant and licorice flavors that build toward sturdy tannins.
...notes of warm red and black plums, black cherries and charcuterie with hints of tapenade, violets, tar and Sichuan pepper. Medium to full-bodied with lovely rounded tannins, it has plenty of vivacity and loads of pepper with garrigue and meaty notions coming through on the finish.