An exotic nose of spicy fine berry fruits leads to a concentrated palate, showing seductive, rich chocolatey fruit. Full-bodied, with a smooth, lingering aftertaste.

Bright fruit flavors of plums and blackcurrants with notes of black pepper and graphite. Silver, 2010 World Wine Championships.

Smoky, spicy aromas underscore dark fruit flavors while vibrant acidity makes its appearance on the long, refreshing finish.

Bouquet of bright blackberry fruit with pepper, spice, and toasted oak. Palate of berry and currant with a touch of anise enveloping persistent notes of black pepper.

Wine Enthusiast says: "It's ripe and almost sweet in jammy blackberries, cherries, chocolate, smoky oak and peppery spices, but is given depth and drama by the fine structure of tannins."

Aromas of blueberries, black olives and aged beef with underlying oak and toast notes. Explosive black cherry, licorice and light toasty smoke in the mouth.

Delicious, ripe fruit flavors of black cherry, licorice, olives, and hints of vanilla embrace the refined oak notes.

Wine Enthusiast describes this wine as "rewarding in herb-tinged blackberry jam, plum, violet, coffee and chocolate flavors, with a distinct white pepper edge."