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Ripe red fruits, licorice, mocha and Asian spices on the highly perfumed nose, along with a bright mineral overtone... Lithe and precise on the palate, offering mineral-laced raspberry, floral pastille, cola and spicecake flavors that show sharp delineation and back-end lift. Exhibits a suave marriage of power and finesse and finishes with sneaky tannins and outstanding persistence.
...classy...quite complex bouquet of black cherries, beetroot, a touch of gamebird, dark soil tones, raw cocoa, a dollop of cedary oak and a smoky topnote...full-bodied...excellent core of fruit, fine transparency, ripe, fine-grained tannins, tangy acids and excellent length and grip.
...savory/meaty notes with warm black cherries and berries, forest floor and wet leaves plus spicy notions. Medium-bodied, it fills the mouth with sweet fruit and plenty of perfumed earth, with a good frame of grainy tannins and plenty of freshness, finishing long and earthy with crushed rock nuances.