Opaque purple. Heady black and blue fruit, sandalwood, vanilla and floral qualities on the intensely perfumed nose. Alluringly sweet and expansive on the palate, offering complex, spice-accented black currant, boysenberry, mocha and allspice flavors that show superb concentration but come off surprisingly lithe. Plush, seamless and seductive in style, finishing spicy and extremely long, with velvety tannins building slowly and adding subtle grip.