Estimate
Black berry, pine nut, bark and dark mushroom aromas follow through to a medium body with creamy tannins that caress the palate and give a complexity and subtlety at the finish. Extremely fine velvety texture here.
Loam and potpourri scents eventually emerge. The palate is medium-bodied with an uncharacteristically low-key entry, but the acidity is finely tuned and it feels elegant and natural.
Perfumed and potent on the nose with wood and toast tones. Lively on the palate...shot tangy acidity and high-toned raspberry fruit before green peppercorns and clove spice...
...brilliant aromatics of ripe blackberries, currants, smoked tobacco, graphite, and an undeniable sense of minerality...ripe, medium to full-bodied...layered, balanced mouthfeel, nicely integrated background oak...gorgeous finish.
Boasts a blackberry and black currant fruit core...chalky structure and notes of sweet tobacco and bay leaf fill in nicely through the finish.
...offers up aromas of minty berries framed by a generous application of creamy new oak. Medium to full-bodied, with a creamy attack that segues into a mid-palate built around chalky barrel tannins, it concludes with a vanillin-inflected and discreetly herbal finish.
Relatively rich nose. Sleek tannins are there in the background...
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