consistent with the rather lean house style this opens with herbal aromas set against firm, varietal cassis and blue plum fruit. the grapes come from a block planted in 1985. some barrel spice adds cinnamon to the nose, and there's a touch of cab franc (6%) in the blend, which stiffens up the tannins. retasting this wine after it has spent a few extra months in bottle, it's smoothed out a bit, and the sweet black- cherry fruit has moved forward. this should age really well.
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