Wonderful nose of smoke, blackberry, bbq grill drippings, black cherry, grilled meat, with black pepper in the background. And thrown in for good measure, to balance the dark side of its personality, this wine has distinctly floral notes lurking in the background of the nose. With more exposure to air, the floral notes play a larger role. The palate is quite similar with perhaps more of an earthiness and less smokey and meaty qualities. A well balanced wine with the tannins having smoothed considerably in the last five years. As good as this is now, it should be better in 5 years. This could have benefited from a longer decant; I would recommend at least three hours.

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