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Deep and succulent black fruit, layered with hints of coffee, sweet spices and earthy undertones. Full-bodied, dense and dark-fruited, with slightly lifted yet balanced acidity. The tannins are ripe and nicely integrated into the wine. Finishes smooth and focused. Better …

Rich, ripe and aromatically layered, this silky red shows savory, scrubby herbs, sweetly spiced Rainier cherries, dried strawberries and red tea. Those tea notes also manifest in the tannins, which wrap around it all and promise another decade of evolution. …

Effusive spices, cherries and cream soda make for a rich, joyful nose that follows through to a palate of melted silk with flavors of dark cherries, cassis, mocha and cacao. A hint of incense at the end. Drink or hold.

A full, layered nose finds filigreed counterparts on the wood-spiced mid-palate and finish. Tobacco, kola nuts, crushed violets and incense provide lift to flavors of kirsch, plumcots and blackberries with a touch of fenugreek at the end. Complex and well …