While it can be appreciated young

A pretty combination of red currant

cherry compote and floral pastille aromas are complemented by notes of Asian spices

but they are clay-rich with a chalk component

Put this bottle aside in your cellar for the decades to come

Bond, Vecina other_regions While it can be appreciatedSaturated medium ruby. Cool perfume of blackberry, licorice, spices and black pepper. Suave and fine grained but still quite tight, showing little in the way of easy sweetness but also avoiding the greenness that plagues some 2008s. Although youthfully imploded, savory and dry, this powerfully tannic, mineral driven wine spreads out on the back end to coat the palate. Stephen Tanzer