...offers more purity and freshness in its darker fruits, charred meats, scorched earth, and violet-laced aromas and flavors. Possessing medium to full-bodied richness, no hard edges, and a seamless, elegant texture, it’s the real deal.
...savoy nose of grilled meats and sautéed herbs with a core of cassis, blackberry pie and blueberry compote with wafts of tar, lavender and star anise. Full, firm and wonderfully perfumed in the mouth, it has a generous core of black fruits and licorice layers, framed by firm, rounded tannins and finishing very long and layered.
Black cherry, chocolate, spice, lavender, black pepper and new leather fill out the wine's ample, large-scaled frame effortlessly.
Dense and brooding, with a powerful backbone of tannins and acidity framed by firm currant, licorice and smoky beef flavors.