Estimate
...plush, dark fruit, balanced oak spice and perfumed rose over a polished, silky mouthfeel.
...sleek and fresh, setting ripe red and black currant, green olive and a fragrant thread of cured tobacco and eucalyptus in a well-tailored, medium- to full-bodied frame. Revealing tension and drive, with a taut structure from the fine-grained tannins...
...very elegant, mid-weight Bordeaux blend with delicate red-fruit and fresh-sage aromas and just a hint of bell pepper...interplay of subtle fruit, meaty character and fine tannins through the long, silky finish.
...intense bouquet of spiced raspberries, black licorice, crushed chalk and peppery florals...silky with depths of dark wild berries and inner herbal tones, all accelerated by brisk acids and a subtle hint of sour citrus...leaves the palate reeling, lightly structured yet spry, as a primary coating of red and black fruit slowly fades.
Fresh hint of pyrazines on the nose but nothing excessive or untoward. Lots of velvety texture under a spicy – but bone dry – initial impression. Very pure and alpine indeed.