The aromas veer toward grilled hamburger, pepper and roasted black fruit, and the bouquet never gets more fruity or expressive than that. The fact is that this is a full, weighty product of a warm year. There's not much acidity and the flavors run perilously close to raisin. Still, if you get at it now there's likable prune, tobacco and dark chocolate characteristics.
The aromas veer toward grilled hamburger, pepper and roasted black fruit, and the bouquet never gets more fruity or expressive than that. The fact is that this is a full, weighty product of a warm year. There's not much acidity and the flavors run perilously close to raisin. Still, if you get at it now there's likable prune, tobacco and dark chocolate characteristics.
The aromas veer toward grilled hamburger, pepper and roasted black fruit, and the bouquet never gets more fruity or expressive than that. The fact is that this is a full, weighty product of a warm year. There's not much acidity and the flavors run perilously close to raisin. Still, if you get at it now there's likable prune, tobacco and dark chocolate characteristics.