The estate vineyard, now about 15-years-old, delivers spicy black-cherry fruit deftly set against dark toasty barrel flavors. Just one-quarter new French oak was used, but winemaker Mo Ayoub is a barrel master who mixes and matches the oak like a painter mixes his or her colors. There's a strong streak of coffee, and it finishes with light accents of forest mushrooms.
The estate vineyard, now about 15-years-old, delivers spicy black-cherry fruit deftly set against dark toasty barrel flavors. Just one-quarter new French oak was used, but winemaker Mo Ayoub is a barrel master who mixes and matches the oak like a painter mixes his or her colors. There's a strong streak of coffee, and it finishes with light accents of forest mushrooms.
The estate vineyard, now about 15-years-old, delivers spicy black-cherry fruit deftly set against dark toasty barrel flavors. Just one-quarter new French oak was used, but winemaker Mo Ayoub is a barrel master who mixes and matches the oak like a painter mixes his or her colors. There's a strong streak of coffee, and it finishes with light accents of forest mushrooms.
The estate vineyard, now about 15-years-old, delivers spicy black-cherry fruit deftly set against dark toasty barrel flavors. Just one-quarter new French oak was used, but winemaker Mo Ayoub is a barrel master who mixes and matches the oak like a painter mixes his or her colors. There's a strong streak of coffee, and it finishes with light accents of forest mushrooms.