WINEMAKER'S NOTES:
Dark red ruby color, developing garnet hues with age. Ethereal spicy aromas with ripe dark marasca cherry. Robust full-bodied with a velvety mouthfeel and a pleasantly bitter finish. Excellent paired with game, roasted meats and aged cheeses.
TASTING NOTES:
Give it a swirl or two to blow off the initial funk and enjoy the dried red fruit, violets and earthy oak aromas, which follow through a full-bodied palate with grainy tannins and the emphasis on spicy oak. Perhaps a little too much as it turns everything very savory by the end.
- James Suckling, 91 pts.
