This is a big wine yet there is an elegance to it with extremely complex and entirely ripe black and spicy pinot fruit aromas that merge into rich, full, intense and very concentrated flavors that have a slight extracted quality to them yet it doesn't interfere with the sense of elegance and overall refinement. In short, this is one gorgeous effort that is still young and should drink well into its 20th birthday. Multiple and, save for one curious bottle, consistent notes; the off bottle displayed interesting menthol aromas and a hint of lactic acid plus a disappointingly short finish.

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