Good deep ruby-red. Cassis, cracked pepper, bitter chocolate, tobacco and menthol on the nose. Concentrated, dense and sweet, with intriguing, Bordeaux-like notes of plum, currant, tobacco, minerals and lead pencil, and well-integrated acidity. Like the Napa cabernet, this is a rather masculine style of wine, with a cool, leafy aspect. The wine's firm tannins call for at least a few years of additional bottle aging.
