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93-96 ST.
"Good red-ruby. Multidimensional nose offers black cherry, pungent minerals, brown spices, dark chocolate, mocha and underbrush, lifted by a positive peppery note. Dense, layered and sweet, with terrific spicy depth to its dark fruit flavors. This boasts uncanny volume for the year. Finishes wonderfully silky and very long, with extremely suave tannins. I raised my score each time I returned to the glass." Vinous, Mar 2006 |