4/28/2018 - Baron Slick wrote:

Beautifully structured and built for the long haul, this is the original iron fist in a velvet glove. It flaunts a beautiful tension between freshness and bottle age, with notes of cherries, cassis, red currants, tobacco, cigar box, and earth cruising atop a full bodied, richly textured bed of firm but ripe tannin. Needs a two to three hour decant to hit its stride, turning candied and vinous, and picking up cardamom and bright spices along the way. Cinnamon bark complexity and espresso on the long, savory finish.