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...sensational bouquet of crème de cassis, lead pencil shavings, liquid violets, and wet stone-like minerality, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, world-class purity and elegance, building tannins, and an awesome finish.
...notes of preserved plums, cassis and cigar box with touches of underbrush, pencil lead and tapenade plus a waft of charcuterie. Full-bodied, the decadently fruited palate is pure seduction with alluring chocolate mint and mineral characters emerging among the solid, ripe, grainy tannins, finishing with great length and depth. Impressive!
Broad and warm, with a loamy note underneath that allows steeped plum, cassis, menthol, anise and sagebrush accents to glide through at leisure. Shows a substantial structure, but this remains polished and thoroughly integrated, retaining a suave feel.
...sweetly rounded and rich in tobacco, cedar and sage, with secondary notes of dark cherry and dried herb. Robust and powerfully built, it has rounded tannins and nicely integrated oak.