This was a balanced, elegant-styled red. With just a touch more ripeness, this would have been really good.
Eye: Very dark black ruby.
Nose: Shy, but interesting -- charred meat, black cherry, and minerals.
Mouth: Soft, but concentrated. Nice balance too, featuring cassis and mineral oil flavors, with a slightly bitter undercurrent of brambly twigs.
Cellar or drink? The tight core of fruit and the balance says to me that this wine can age and improve for a few years.
Score: 87.
Price/store: Got this at Central Market for about $16.
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