Deep red.
Toasty French oak, toasted nut, herbs, iodine aromatics. Smells like good, refined, Bordeaux.
Deep and packed, again, in a refined manner, in the mouth. Acid edge surfaces in the mid-palate. Quite long. Herb/mineral/acid chew on the finish.
62% Cabernet Franc, 38% Merlot.
$35 on release
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