Deep magenta color. Powerful red/dark berry, candied licorice and exotic spice scents are complemented by suggestions of smoky minerals. A sexy floral nuance builds with air. Alluringly sweet and energetic on the palate, offering deeply concentrated cherry, black raspberry, spicecake and cola flavors that show superb delineation and bright mineral cut. Dusty, late-arriving tannins firm an impressively long, chewy finish that features suave, spice-tinged cherry and floral notes. -- Josh Raynolds