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...scents of black cherries, blueberry pie and licorice, leading to a slowly emerging core of crème de cassis, dark chocolate, black soil and truffles plus touches of cumin seed, mossy bark and beef drippings. The full-bodied palate is densely packed with muscular fruit, backed by a rock-solid structure of very firm, exquisitely ripe, grainy tannins and fantastic tension. The finish is both powerful and beautifully nuanced, hedonic and cerebrally gratifying.
...incredible purity of fruit as well as powerful notes of crème de cassis, gravelly earth, cedar pencil, and chocolate, it has the fresher, pure, classic style of this great vintage front and center. With full-bodied richness and depth, it has an almost Château Latour-like stature and majestic quality...
...every bit as captivating as it has always been. Powerful and brooding, with tremendous intensity... Crushed rocks, graphite, plum, black cherry, licorice and spice infuse the 2016 with tremendous complexity and nuance.
Dense and layered, showing blackberries and blueberries with beautiful depth and intensity. Full-bodied, long and intense. Black truffle comes through. Love the length, finesse and focus.
Sophisticated nose and great lift and life. Lots of extract and dry appetising tannins.