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Full-bodied, beautifully textured, concentrated and rich, with high, yet sweet tannin, it offers up notions of cassis, cedar, cherry blossom and lead pencil shavings in its pure, sexy personality...
Firm in texture, with smoky, licorice-accented blackberry, cherry, molasses and coffee flavors that keep gaining momentum as they play against a mild grip of tannins. The finish pushes on. Has tremendous presence and persistence.
Cassis, black cherry, graphite, cocoa powder and minerals on the nose and palate. Plush and sweet on entry, then distinctly backward in the middle palate, with the dark berry flavors complicated by a note of chocolate mint.