Deep, glass-staining colour with some vibrancy of youth. Bright, yet deep hedegrow fruits on nose, with hints of damson jam, sour cherry & elderberry. Lots of ripe, bright berry fruits on the palate. Feeling quite tight and too young, an impression confirmed by the very firm, grippy tannic structure and a touch of alcoholic burn on the finish.
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14% The nose has perfumed, very rich, sweet blackberry fruit. Very rich on the palate. A bit hot initially, with quite sweet black fruit balanced by a pleasant acidity and some gentle, but drying tannins. With exposure to air the alcoholic heat seems to blow off.
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14% A very deep, youthful ruby-purple colour. The nose is very interesting: sour cherries, blackberries, a hint of leather and a hint of cloves. The palate very much follows the nose with layer on layer of flavour, includes those cherries and blackberries and some real leathery tannins. You just feel the alcohol a bit on the finish. Very deep and rather powerful. Immense length.
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4/5/2010 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 89 Points
Deep, glass-staining colour with some vibrancy of youth. Bright, yet deep hedegrow fruits on nose, with hints of damson jam, sour cherry & elderberry. Lots of ripe, bright berry fruits on the palate. Feeling quite tight and too young, an impression confirmed by the very firm, grippy tannic structure and a touch of alcoholic burn on the finish.
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3/25/2008 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 90 Points
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The nose has perfumed, very rich, sweet blackberry fruit. Very rich on the palate. A bit hot initially, with quite sweet black fruit balanced by a pleasant acidity and some gentle, but drying tannins. With exposure to air the alcoholic heat seems to blow off.
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8/1/2007 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 91 Points
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A very deep, youthful ruby-purple colour. The nose is very interesting: sour cherries, blackberries, a hint of leather and a hint of cloves. The palate very much follows the nose with layer on layer of flavour, includes those cherries and blackberries and some real leathery tannins. You just feel the alcohol a bit on the finish. Very deep and rather powerful. Immense length.
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