Inky violet color. An assertively perfumed bouquet displays an array of ripe red and blue fruit preserve, floral and spice qualities, alomg with suggestions of licorice, smoky bacon and mineral notes. Deftly blends depth and energy and offers sweet cherry, cassis, fruitcake and candied violet flavors that are sharpened by building mineral and spice flourishes. Shows superb clairity and mineral cut on a strikingly long, penetrating and youthfully tannic finish that echoes the floral and mineral notes with serious authority. Raised in 600-liter oak casks, one-third of them new. Drink: 2030-2031. (Dec 2022)
97 Pts Vinous