This wine boasts a Kalamata olive color coupled with magenta tears. Smelling of charcoal, peak-season mulberries and fig skin, this is a deeply ripe and intense wine. Vinous, weighty and a bit heady, this is a wine for hearty dishes or exuberant blue cheeses. There’s plenty of extract, almost like an Amarone, with a resin-like tannic texture that keeps this in check. Very primary at this point in time, give this at least a year, if not longer, for a little more maturation the black plum-preserve note crossed with a black olive flavor and dark chocolate sprinkle will meld delightfully for a while. Drink 2019–2021.

— Published (1/31/2018)