Noticeable bricking though with a still healthy ruby core. An expressive nose offers up notes of sous-bois, ripe black fruits and perfumed aromas of fresh flowers, Asian spices and earth. There is good focus to the rich, solidly well-concentrated and relatively powerful flavors that are balanced and harmonious while terminating in a focused and impressively lingering finish where the supporting tannins are largely resolved. For my taste, this has reached its peak though it should continue to hold at this level for another decade, perhaps even longer.

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