This wine has a fantastic bouquet of blackberry, cassis, black plum, with nuances of cigar tobacco, Asian spices, leather, vanilla, and espresso. The full-bodied palate has slightly firm tannins with well delineated notes of cassis, black cherry, black plum, vanilla, cigar tobacco, dark chocolate, cedar, and spice. The wine shows a deft balance between the fruit extract, refreshing acidity, and moderately grippy tannins. The wine finishes with lovely notes of black cherry, cassis, and spice.