This wrist-achingly heavy bottle needs some air in glass or needs to be decanted to blow off some funky sulfuric notes. Once it does, notes of plums and currants reveal themselves, combined with green olives and slightly soapy, spicy vanillin oak that feels a little raw. It's particularly apparent on the palate where sandpapery tannins, plummy fruit and spice aren't quite enough to take the raw edge off. Nevertheless, there's charm and likability here too.
This wrist-achingly heavy bottle needs some air in glass or needs to be decanted to blow off some funky sulfuric notes. Once it does, notes of plums and currants reveal themselves, combined with green olives and slightly soapy, spicy vanillin oak that feels a little raw. It's particularly apparent on the palate where sandpapery tannins, plummy fruit and spice aren't quite enough to take the raw edge off. Nevertheless, there's charm and likability here too.
This wrist-achingly heavy bottle needs some air in glass or needs to be decanted to blow off some funky sulfuric notes. Once it does, notes of plums and currants reveal themselves, combined with green olives and slightly soapy, spicy vanillin oak that feels a little raw. It's particularly apparent on the palate where sandpapery tannins, plummy fruit and spice aren't quite enough to take the raw edge off. Nevertheless, there's charm and likability here too.
This wrist-achingly heavy bottle needs some air in glass or needs to be decanted to blow off some funky sulfuric notes. Once it does, notes of plums and currants reveal themselves, combined with green olives and slightly soapy, spicy vanillin oak that feels a little raw. It's particularly apparent on the palate where sandpapery tannins, plummy fruit and spice aren't quite enough to take the raw edge off. Nevertheless, there's charm and likability here too.