blackberry preserves and mulberry-scented nose plus suggestions of mincemeat

quite peppery finish with a persistent aftertaste

chocolate and berry aftertaste

this wine totally resets the benchmark for 100 points

Kimsey vineyard (Ballard Canyon) and Harrison-Clarke vineyard (Ballard Canyon)

Croix, Beaune Cents Vignes other_regions blackberry preserves and mulberry-scented noseHere too there is enough reduction to mask the underlying fruit today. Otherwise, the more refined middleweight flavors possess first rate definition along with fine length on the moderately austere finish where a touch of wood slowly emerges. This could use better depth, but more should reasonably develop in time.