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...beautifully intense and curious wine...bouquet is broadly projected like a wide-screen television, with cherry, blackberry, spice, tar and licorice...depth and complexity of this vintage is particularly attractive.
Solid intensity on the nose with dried red cherries, Christmas cake, sandalwood, earth and animal aromas, leather and treacle tart. Excellent transparency to this wine, which is medium-to full-bodied and crunchy in its delivery of bright acidity.
...soft, deliciously satisfying, medium-bodied style as well as lively cherry fruits, spice box, leafy herbs, and dried earth-like aromas and flavors.
There is a core of fading ripe cherry and plum fruit in this red, accented by sweet spice, earth and tobacco notes. This is still pretty firm, with vibrant acidity and dusty tannins lining the long finish.