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94 VM. "30% new French oak. Vivid, bright-rimmed ruby-red. An assertively perfumed, complex bouquet displays fresh red fruit, potpourri and Asian spice scents, and an exotic incense note emerges as the wine opens up. Juicy, penetrating and nervy on the palate, offering palate-staining raspberry, bitter cherry and floral pastille flavors energized by blood orange and white pepper flourishes. A subtle vanilla note adds sweetness to the impressively long, vibrant finish, given shape by silky, fully integrated tannins." Josh Raynolds, Vinous.com, Jul 2018 |