There is no doubting the quality of this dark, almost black wine. Its lively and enthralling nose of cassis, violets, roses, and black raspberries is followed by an intense, oily-textured, massively powerful, and full-bodied core of super-ripe black cherries and blackberries. This expansive, plump, structured, sweet, and highly-concentrated wine rolls across the tongue in viscous waves that refuse to relinquish their hold on the palate. Projected maturity: 2003-2009.
Importer: Robert Kacher Selections, Washington, DC; tel. (202) 832-9083.