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...pretty balance and integration...dark, sultry fruit qualities...prune, plum, blackberry, tilled earth, truffle and an appetite-arousing touch of smoked bacon. That compilation of aromas is simply fantastic, and the wine shows a terrific quality of tannins, imparting inner tension, sharpness and precision.
...brilliant and finely sculpted...Crushed flowers, iron, mint and cedar add beguiling aromatic breadth to a core of translucent, intense Nebbiolo fruit.
...cherry and raspberry fruit, with hints of rose, mineral and wild underbrush. Very firmly structured, showing terrific balance and a long, energetic finish. Very sleek and graceful.
Lots of blue-fruit aromas, as well as ripe strawberries, violets and lavender, following through to a medium body, fine tannins and a really polished and creamy texture at the end.
Aromas of menthol, small red berry and espresso mingle with fragrant purple flowers on this full-bodied red. Elegantly structured, the palate offers Marasca cherry, spiced cranberry, star anise and crushed mint set against firm, fine-grained tannins.