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A prodigious effort, dark, rich and intense,remarkably youthful and vibrant, with penetrating chocolate, black cherry, violet, plum and currant flavors that are tightly focused, long and complex. Finish goes on forever.
..Its super-saturated, opaque black/ruby color is followed by a tight but promising nose of earth, cassis, smoke, and gobs of sweet fruit. In the mouth it is even richer, as well as more tannic than the regular Cabernet. The finish is long,
..Expressive nose of plum, currant, tar and tobacco; the only one of this range that beginning to show real development. Sweet, dense and pliant, with superb inner-mouth flavors. Finishes very long and ripely tannic...