Estimate
Blackberry and black currant flavors combine with spicy oak in this broad, assertive red. Firm and dense on the finish, where the fruit and spice notes add tobacco and graphite to the mix.
...little sullen at first, more black fruit developing with aeration, yet remaining straight-laced and tertiary in style, tobacco notes...palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannin.
Succulent fruit, but very little grandeur or complexity. In fact, the finish is bitter and the tannins are rather rough.