Estimate
Intense red and blue fruit, floral and spice qualities on the fragrant nose, along with hints of succulent flowers and musky earth. Sappy and penetrating on the palate, offering juicy black raspberry, mulberry and cherry flavors sweetened by a vanilla flourish. Smooth tannins build slowly, adding shape to a very long, smoke- and spice-laced finish.
...features crushed blueberries, boysenberries and blackberries on the nose with notes of red berries, cinnamon, dried leaves and flowers...medium-bodied palate is intense and firm with a grainy frame and good freshness, finishing long and fragrant.
Offers a sinewy beam of minerally acidity and lively tannins, framed by black cherry and forest floor accents that build tension toward a tight ending.
Lovely aromas of blackberries, along with hints of pepper and smoke, lead into a tasty wine with even more berries and plums...got a streak of roasted coffee, and further highlights of Dr Pepper, buoyed with ample acidity.