Darkly colored with a reserved nose, this wine smells of succulent black fruits dusted with truffles. It’s a fascinating fruit-meets-savory experience. Bold on the palate with evident concentration and alcohol, this wine is nonetheless well proportioned thanks to its faintly bitter—in an attractive way—acidity and chewy, scruffy tannins. Replete with boysenberry, sloe and fig, this is a charismatic, tasty wine with immediate approachability and solid mid-term staying power. Drink now–2026.

— Published (3/16/2021)