An effusive version showing off plenty of toast, vanilla, chocolate and blackberry flavors, with fine tannins, this should be better once the oak is absorbed. It offers a delightful nose of red berries, cherries, violets and French oak. Medium in body with perfect acidity and soft tannins, it offers intense flavors of raspberries, cherries, vanilla and spice. It is long, ripe and polished on the finish.