Some light bricking though with a deep ruby core. There is a suggestion of sous-bois lurking in the background of the mostly secondary nose of ripe dark berry pinot fruit, plenty of spice and hints of dried rose petal and sandalwood. I very much like the texture and verve to the strikingly complex medium weight flavors that exhibit fine length on the balanced finale. For my taste this has just now arrived at its peak though it should be capable of holding here for many years to come. Tasted a number of times over the years and while I have had largely consistent experiences, there was one bottle that was quite badly reduced and required several hours of aeration.

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