Tasting Notes: Intense ruby red color. Bouquet with strong aromas of forest fruits well combined with toasted notes of vanilla and spices. The flavor displays perfect harmony with significant sweet tannins that give it a velvety flavor with considerable fullness of body.

Food Pairings: Pair this wine with roasted or grilled red meat, game, or classic Italian pasta dishes.

Wine Enthusiast: “Raspberry candy and dried cherries meet notes of pennies and warm bricks on the nose, with a palate that stays light and bright with fresh cherries and topsoil held together loosely with flexible tannins.”

James Suckling: “A well-balanced, firm but juicy red. It has aromas of red berries, dried flowers, dried herbs and baking spices on the nose, following through to a medium body with sinewy tannins. Vivid and well driven with a juicy, succulent finish. Drink or hold.”

Wine Spectator: “This rich red boasts cherry, raspberry, pomegranate, floral and wild herb aromas and flavors. Dense, chewy tannins reveal themselves as this plays out on the long, mineral finish, driven by racy acidity. Drink now through 2036.”