The wine has a fruity character with aromas of ripe cassis, plums, elder berries, cranberries, overly ripe blueberries, dark cherries, ripe raspberry.

The wine tastes of plums, blueberries, raspberries, dark cherries, blackberries, leather, tobacco, cedar, mushrooms, forest floor, mocha coffee beans, pepper, dark chocolate, smoke, charcoal, pencil lead, walnut and dried figs.

The wine had a beautiful structure, amazing concentration, well balanced acidity and integrated ripe tannins.