This black and fully opaque wine sports a dashingly sexy and seductive nose. It’s restrained when first poured, primarily displaying its excellent intensity of minerals, asphalt and gunflint. With some time in the glass, flavors of black plum coulis, cassis and black cherry jam begin to unleash their charm. There’s loads of power here, with an intense and dense midpalate, dry and textured tannins and a long finish. A food-friendly wine, it would benefit from cellaring but is fully enticing now. Drink through 2024.

— Published (1/31/2018)