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...alluring perfume of cranberry sauce, forest floor, angostura bitters and loads of floral nuance. The light-bodied palate is focused and pure with a particularly seamless, silky mouthfeel, and delicate yet layered perfume defines the long finish.
Intensely perfumed aromas of fresh red and blue fruits, candied flowers, Asian spices and mocha; suggestions of vanilla and nori build as the wine opens up. Deeply concentrated but lively as well, offering juicy, mineral-laced black raspberry, cherry cola, boysenberry, candied rose and spicecake flavors that show superb clarity and back-end lift. Closes impressively long and precise, with polished, even tannins and resonating floral and spice notes.
Hibiscus with other floral and orange-peel aromas follow through to a medium body with firm tannins and a fresh, bright finish.
There's a pleasantly sweet/tart tang to this wine suggesting fresh-picked blackberries. The immediate appeal leads into a lighter style with wet-stone minerality. This is not terribly concentrated, but it's a palate-pleasing wine whose lightness and flavors are comparable to Gamay.