Inky purple. Heady aromas of cassis, cherry liqueur, vanilla and mocha, with a hint of tobacco emerging with aeration. Fleshy and broad but lively on the palate, offering sweet dark fruit and floral pastille flavors and suggestions of smoky minerals and vanilla. Suave, seamless and focused on a long, smoky finish that features supple tannins and an echo of sweet chewing tobacco.
Wine Spectator 2015 (89 Punkte) JG 2012
A rich, hearty style, with dense, extracted dark berry, cedar, plum and licorice notes, this is firmly structured, revealing gravelly earth and cedar details on the finish. Best from 2016 through 2028. 220 cases made. -JL
