Removed from a subterranean, temperature and humidity controlled residential cellar; Purchased direct from winery
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...sensational levels of extract and concentration with notes of cassis, black raspberries, coffee bean, toasted bread & sweet spice. Beautifully pure, layered & yet massively endowed with sweet tannin... a true tour de force in Hermitage!
Lots of ripe fruit in this, with plum & blackberry. Very floral & fresh with citrus undertones, dried meats & smoke. Full body with an incredible texture of ultra-fine tannins, length & beauty... Incredible harmony & beauty. I'm speechless.
Shows plenty of roasted tobacco and vanilla bean on the slightly stolid finish, but there's a density and brooding length here that sets it apart form the pack.
Stains the palate with deep blackberry and boysenberry flavors that expand and gain sweetness with aeration. Refuses to let up on the finish, which leaves peppery spice and floral pastille notes behind.
Massively palate-coating oak...Very fine indeed. One of those wines where you can hardly imagine it is simple fermented grape juice. What talent! And it’s all in the fruit, not the winemaking. Great freshness as well as power and majesty.