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...wild herbs, cedar, and black raspberry on the nose. The palate is fresh with pomegranate, dried tea leaf, and orange zest and delivers fine tannins, refreshing acidity, and a long finish.
This superb reserve-worthy wine dances in rose, dried herb and white-pepper aromas and flavors—a barrel-selection that comes entirely from the coastal estate. Light, balanced and elegant in style, with complexity for days, it shows a fresh landscape of acid-driven, crunchy, red fruit.
...alluring scents of pomegranate, rhubarb, orange peel, tea leaves, saline, licorice and top notes of bergamot. The medium-bodied palate is pure and intense, with layers of bitters and spices that shift with each return to the glass.
Deep, ample and explosive, the 2019 possesses off the charts intensity and resonance in its generous dark fruit, spice, licorice and chocolate flavors.
Ripe and open with generous fruit character on the nose, suggesting plums and ripe strawberries. Some flowers, too. Full-bodied with round, ripe tannins and a chewy palate, yet it remains soft and very attractive.
...carries the greatest complexity and overall completeness of the 2019 portfolio – savoury qualities, hints of floral notes, a stoniness throughout, a bit of iodine, and a mineral crunch emerges with air as well.