Nose
Bursting with ripe red and black cherry and berry fruit, dark chocolate and
tobacco leaf. Touches of smoke, brown sugar, spicy clove and dark fruit hint at the complexity
that proper aging will bring.
Palate
The palate lives up to the promise of the nose with loads of sweet cassis, black
cherry and berry fl avors. Well-integrated tannins are fi rm but silky, balancing the weight of the rich fruit
perfectly for a velvety, full-bodied wine that drink beautifully now and can be kept 10 - 12 years.
Harvest
: The grapes were harvested in early September,
Bottling
The wine was bottled in March 2007.
Winemaking
Pumped over traditionally and macerated on
the skins for 24 - 28 days. The wine was pressed to barrel for malolactic fermentation.
Aging
Aged in 75% new and
25% one-year-old heavily-toasted French oak barrels for 15-17 months.