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...very savory on the nose with notions of smoked meats, black pepper and olive over spicy black fruits. Medium to full-bodied, it fills the mouth with brambly black fruits, layers of bacon fat and pepper, with a wonderful juicy freshness to lift all that density and a good frame of grainy tannins, fleshing out on the long, savory finish...
... Pungent cherry pit, game, candied violet and baking spice aromas are complemented by suggestions of woodsmoke and musky earth...very good depth to its sweet dark fruit, spicecake and smoked meat flavors. The spicy quality builds steadily through a very long, youthfully tannic finish that shows impressive clarity and mineral thrust.
...strong scent of tanned leather, and those tack room flavors mute down the plum and cherry fruit...