This medium to full bodied wine shows ripe berry, cherry and currant fruits, those with just a hint of toasted oak, all backed up with vanilla and spicy aromas and flavors.
Submitted: 12/20/07
Ripe and supple, with black cherry, herbal and beefy aromas and flavors, those coming together with firm tannins and sweet cedar wood. On the long appealingly tannic finish, toasted bread and mocha.
Submitted: 12/20/07
Showing concentrated and complex ripe currant, cherry and sweet oak aromas and flavors, this graceful wine is true to its variety and promises a long and generous finish.
Submitted: 12/20/07
This wine is packed with ripe blueberry, blackberry, plum, pepper, licorice and mineral aromas and flavors. Generous but not exaggerated oak and tannins but those in fine balance.
Submitted: 12/20/07
Dark ruby towards garnet in color, with firm tannins well balanced with wood, the two needing time to come together with red berries and plums, black cherries, light herbal notes and, on the finish, fresh strawberries.
Submitted: 12/20/07
Generously aromatic, reflecting its ten months in oak with hints of smoke and spices. Soft and round, with generous pear, melon, citrus and mineral aromas and flavors that develop a near creamy note on the finish.
Submitted: 12/20/07
Full-bodied, firmly structured with dark black cherry, berry, anise and spice flavors that stand up nicely to the firm tannins and moderate oak influences.
Submitted: 12/20/07
Full-bodied, ripe and complex.Shows good balance between ripe cherry, currant and plums, those with a dash of anise and oak. Developing nicely, with supple tannins and overall excellent balance.
Submitted: 12/20/07
Dark garnet towards royal purple, full-bodied, with firm tannins in fine balance with acidity, spicy wood and fruits. On first attack, blackcurrants and black licorice, those followed by wild berries, earthy minerals and Mediterranean herbs.
Submitted: 12/20/07
Deep and dark, ripe and luxurious, with generous black cherry, blackberry, plum, mocha and vanilla aromas and flavor on a soft, almost caressing background.
Submitted: 12/19/07