Alcohol a modest 13%. Smells “dry,” dusty-woody, briary. Bits and pieces of twigs, spices, anise, tomato, cola, rhubarb. Old Pinot, very dry and brittle. Some sweet cherries, sweet oak, vanilla, char. Delicate and refined, though big. Still some dusty tannins. Now-2008.
Alcohol a modest 13%. Smells “dry,” dusty-woody, briary. Bits and pieces of twigs, spices, anise, tomato, cola, rhubarb. Old Pinot, very dry and brittle. Some sweet cherries, sweet oak, vanilla, char. Delicate and refined, though big. Still some dusty tannins. Now-2008.
Alcohol a modest 13%. Smells “dry,” dusty-woody, briary. Bits and pieces of twigs, spices, anise, tomato, cola, rhubarb. Old Pinot, very dry and brittle. Some sweet cherries, sweet oak, vanilla, char. Delicate and refined, though big. Still some dusty tannins. Now-2008.