Estimate
...savory and elegant in quiet red fruit and gravelly rock. Rounded and rich on the midpalate, it retains plenty of fresh underlying acidity to remain fresh and focused, finishing in a fist of black pepper.
...gorgeous, with a big core of blue fruits, graphite, tobacco, and earth...tons of flavor intensity, a stacked mid-palate, ripe tannins, and a great finish, it shows the elegance of the vintage yet also offers beautiful deep, dense levels of fruit.
...notes of warm blackberries, black raspberries, cassis and Indian spices plus suggestions of underbrush, fragrant earth and tapenade. Full-bodied...good tension, with bags of juicy black fruit and a long, understated finish.
Nicely focused, featuring a beam of cassis and cherry puree flavors, lined with tobacco, red licorice and roasted alder notes...touch of old-school loam on the finish.