Once again the nose is quite cool and restrained with its wonderfully broad-ranging panoply of aromas that include red cherry, black raspberry, violet, lavender, anise and a hint of wood spice. There is outstanding volume to the refined, intense and sleekly muscular flavors that possess superb mid-palate density. Moreover there is an excellent level of dry extract that does a fine job of buffering the firm but not rigid tannic spine shaping the explosively long finish. This is most impressive though once again note well that this is going to require extended cellaring. Don't miss! Drink: 2036+ (Jan18)