The Tarius manages to be at once creamy and on the lean side; think—as its palate exhibits—cream, vanilla bean, and a smidge of lemon rind over big blackberry flavors. Just-as-dark berry, plus soil, tangy oak and slight chocolate notes show on the nose; finishes with nice, tart chalkboard-eraser, oak and blackberry flavors. —D.M.
The Tarius manages to be at once creamy and on the lean side; think—as its palate exhibits—cream, vanilla bean, and a smidge of lemon rind over big blackberry flavors. Just-as-dark berry, plus soil, tangy oak and slight chocolate notes show on the nose; finishes with nice, tart chalkboard-eraser, oak and blackberry flavors. —D.M.
The Tarius manages to be at once creamy and on the lean side; think—as its palate exhibits—cream, vanilla bean, and a smidge of lemon rind over big blackberry flavors. Just-as-dark berry, plus soil, tangy oak and slight chocolate notes show on the nose; finishes with nice, tart chalkboard-eraser, oak and blackberry flavors. —D.M.