The first vintage not to be lead by Cabernet and yet this wine is super dark, but not brooding. Notes of plum and blackberry marry with earthy tones of fresh tilled soil, tar, and granite and undertones of sweet tobacco and faint hint of basil and vanilla showing up after it’s opened up a bit flowing into expressions of lilac, apricot jam, fresh raspberry and a tinge of cooked wild rice. Intoxicating to say the least. The palate opens to blackberry, tobacco, plum skin, balsamic and fresh tomato. Tannins feel supple and leathery.