(35% new French oak) Limpid ruby-red. Racy, mineral-accented red fruit and floral pastille scents, along with suggestions of dried flowers, spicecake and woodsmoke. A vein of zesty minerality provides focus and lift to pliant raspberry and cherry cola flavors that flesh out and become sweeter with air. The spicy quality repeats strongly on the subtly tannic finish, which hangs on with excellent clarity and tenacity.

Trim and focused, with cherry and forest floor aromas and sleek, savory plum and mineral flavors that finish with polished tannins. Drink now through 2021. 1,000 cases made.