Dark cherry and black plum fruit mingle with notes of black licorice, cedar and anise on the nose, leading into a ripe, rich entry of cassis and currants. Serious and dense, this wine is unapologetically full-bodied. Deeply concentrated and tempered by 29 months in 1 and 2 year-old French oak, the wine finishes with firm tannins, spicy vanilla and enough backbone to cellar a decade or more.