![](/images/g_appearance.png) Intense ruby red and nuances of ruby red, little transparency.
![](/images/g_nose.png) Intense, clean, pleasing, refined and elegant, starts with hints of cherry, plum and violet followed by aromas of raspberry, blueberry, blackberry, vanilla, tobacco, cinnamon, rhubarb, chocolate, face powder, licorice, graphite, mace and menthol.
![](/images/g_taste.png) Properly tannic attack and however balanced by alcohol, full body, intense flavors, pleasing crispness.
![](/images/g_finish.png) Very persistent finish with long flavors of cherry, plum and blueberry.
![](/images/g_aging.png) 15 months in barrique, 12 months in bottle.
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