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...Suave, broad and deep, with noteworthy complexity and solid backbone to the flavors of red fruits and minerals. There's a medicinal reserve here that leavens the impression of sweetness.
There is good energy and punch to the medium-bodied flavors that possess fine depth and even better length...a refined vintage for what can be a robust wine yet one that is still on the way up...
...displays ripe plum and blackberry, underlain by rich meat stock and accented with leather and cinnamon. A palpable sense of extract and fine-grained tannins as well as fresh fruit vivacity...
Nervy and exciting – spicy – on the nose. Lots of extract and depth...Very powerful (for 2007) fruit that - almost - masks the tannin...Round and friendly though without the intensity of the 2005.