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...unabashedly modern style, full-bodied, creamy in texture and offering pristine purple raspberry fruit, but man is this good.
Alluring, with a gilding of modern-style mocha and bacon-accented toast that melds perfectly into the core of gently steeped plum and blackberry fruit, while light black olive, anise and juniper notes add range and texture through the finish.
Highly perfumed black and blue fruit liqueur aromas, along with hints of exotic spices, potpourri, olive and smoky minerals. Densely packed cassis, blueberry, spicecake and violet pastille flavors show outstanding clarity and deepen steadily as the wine stretches out. Finishes long and smoky, with powerful violet and mineral qualities and mounting tannins.
...very expansive, fleshy appeal with plenty of rich, dark-spiced berries on the nose and a wealth of ripe, dark-plum, blackberry and black-cherry flavors. Shimmery, long tannins and dark chocolate to close.
...plump, rounded, and sexy, with thrilling amounts of plum and black fruits, barbecue smoke, licorice, and spiced meat aromas and flavors. With moderate acidity, a massive, sexy texture, sweet tannins, and a great finish, it’s unquestionably one of the most flamboyant, sexy wines in the vintage.
Rich, sweet and fragrant with strong but balanced oak spice.