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Strikes a fine balance of ripe, rich, highly extracted currant, plum and mineral flavors, cedary oak nuances and chewy tannins. The tannins are strong, but they aren't dry, so what emerges on the finish is a nice core of fruit flavor.
Restrained, claret-like aromas of redcurrant, menthol and black olive. At once juicy and glossy in the mouth... A suave, easy-drinking wine with supple tannins and lovely length.
..a wine displaying copious quantities of high class French oak, and gobs of black fruit, full body, and layers of ripe fruit buttressed by adequate acidity, and firm, but unobtrusive tannin. The finish is long, pure, and impressive.