Baked plum, roasted mocha and earth aromas open to dark cherry and boysenberry flavors with mineral and toasted currant. A big wine with lots of structure, great fruit and complexity with a jammy, fleshy core and sweet, intense tannins.
This wine is really all about chocolate, especially when first opened. A ripe black raspberry-jam scent emerges from underneath, with candied plum flavors giving buyancy to that cocoa'd base. With time this wine becomes more ample and fresh, both juicy and mouthfilling. A syrah for barbecued ribs.