Very much superior to a tasting a little over a year ago. Copious bing cherry, blackberry, dry hay, a touch of barnyard funk, a light touch of clove. Sour edge is kept on the right side of the line. Sturdy tannins, very strong acidity, this really had excellent balance and a little incipient tertiary complexity. With air some additional notes of burning wood and vanilla crept in. The fruit component is so strong that I don’t think this is in any danger of decline for at least a decade. At the same time, it’s starting to open now. Probably still on the ascent. Score: 94. Relative to expectations: ++

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