Estimate
...cracked ashen stone, foreign spice, dusty rose, balsamic noes, and dried strawberries...deeply textural with silken waves of ripe red fruits contrasted by a flinty core of minerality and nervous acidity. Sour citrus creates a cheek-puckering feel through the finale, accentuated by still grippy tannins and a hint of licorice that lingers on and on.
...robust and richly textured wine with dark fruit flavors of prune, blackberry and black currant. Ample spice, tobacco and tar fills in the rear. This wine glides over the palate with smooth and velvety intensity.
Underbrush, spiced plum, pressed violet and French oak aromas unfold in the glass. The juicy enveloping palate doles out raspberry compote, ripe black cherry, licorice and clove alongside earthy suggestions of truffle and game that lend depth and personality. Velvety fine-grained impart finesse.
Macerated cherry and strawberry flavors are shaded by oak spice in this well-built red. Right now, the fruit is overshadowed by tannins, but the finish comes together nicely.
Lots of rose petals and rose tea with the ripe fruit in the midst, too. Full-bodied, ripe and powerful with chewy tannins and a long and flavorful finish.
Savoury and a little meaty on the nose with nutty notes and compact, concentrated palate with hints of dried fruit. Genuine and with a complex finish.