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...dried tea leaves, earth, tobacco, cedar, five spice, dried cherries, orange zest and Christmas spices. The tannins have a brambly quality to them, but they slip effortlessly into place, around finely indented creases of red-plum and red-cherry flavors. Long and composed, this is a silky, balanced, delightful offering.
...opens to plummy dark fruit with some prominent blackberry and prune folded into the bouquet...shows the savory and earthy aromas...