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...full-bodied, velvety-textured, and mouth-coating personality is so densely packed with super-ripe black fruits that a knife and fork seem required to effectively taste it. This wine's power, depth, concentration, and immense length...
Big and fleshy, full of ripe black fruits, spice and sweet oak. Somewhat burly in structure, with intensity and length, it delivers a mouthful of pleasure. Best from 2002 through 2008.
Black cherry, currant, mineral, mocha and smoky oak on the nose. Thick, deep and layered, with a gentle, silky texture. Finishes with sweet but substantial tannins and notes of caramel and smoke. Mellow and satisfying, but quite oaky.