This wine’s black-flushed core has a medium-deep mulberry rim. The bouquet is overt with cinnamon and allspice followed by massively ripe blackberries, blackberry jam and blueberry pie filling. The palate has generous, mouthcoating breadth without heaviness thanks to the lively freshness provided by ample acidity. There’s something definitively gulpable about this bottling enjoy through 2017 for its freshness.

— Published (6/11/2015)