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Glorious raspberry and cherry fruit picks up hints of mint and some stemmy notes... Full-bodied, rich and creamy in texture, this tour de force remains lively, silky and long on the finish.
...notes of black fruits, smoked herbs, seaweed, licorice, and pepper as well tons of minerality all emerge from this powerful, full-bodied, structured 2016 that has the purity of fruit and balance that’s the hallmark of this great, great vintage.
This has a lovely feel, with a silky but persistent structure allowing a range of creamed raspberry, damson plum and boysenberry fruit flavors to glide through, while light rooibos tea, sandalwood and anise accents chime throughout...pretty floral lift at the end.
...highly complex, intensely perfumed bouquet evokes fresh red and dark berries, potpourri, exotic spices and garrigue and a vibrant mineral nuance...superb depth and focus on the palate, offering deeply pitched raspberry, cherry pie, Asian spice and floral pastille flavors that deftly marry power to delicacy. Finishes sappy, gently tannic and extremely long, leaving behind vibrant mineral, spice and lavender notes.
Ripe but zingy blackberry and cassis flavors are marked by bramble and peppery spices...it's a finessed, stately wine with a zesty mineral backbone and fine, upright tannins.
Fragrant green herb scent on the nose... Chalky tannin, lovely red fruit on the palate, and finishing with attractive black pepper character.