Nose

black cherries tinged with violets.

Palate

The palate reveals an opulent texture with sweet, ripe fruit scented with vanilla and toasty notes from aging in 100% new French oak barrels. Framing the lavish texture are chocolate, sweet-tart fruit and black licorice flavors that linger on the long finish—a characteristic of the vintage, which also produced impressive, powerful tannins that will soften with time in the bottle.

Aging

225-L French Oak barrels, 100% new