(raised for a year in 28 percent new French oak) Bright purple. Heady black and blue fruit, incense and peppery spice aromas show very good clarity and pick up hints of candied licorice and vanilla with air. Broad and seamless in the mouth, offering sweet blackberry and cherry-vanilla flavors and a suggestion of spicecake. Supple, slow-building tannins shape the finish, which hangs on with strong dark-fruit-driven tenacity.