Alcohol: 14.0%. Very forward and fresh, with a young aroma. Tons of red cherries, charry oak, with a fresh, clean, forest-floor scene. Pine needles, spice. Intense sour cherry candy, rhubarb and spice flavors. Very sweet, intense. Clean, long finish, with great racy acids. Beet root. Delicious now-2012. ——S.H.(6/1/2005)—— 94