...cropped at a meager 30 hectoliters per hectare. After a five week maceration the wine was aged 18 months in 100% new oak and bottled unfined and unfiltered (as are all the Perse wines). An inky/ruby/purple color is accompanied by rich aromas of Asian spices soy black truffles licorice espresso and intense cherry and blackberry fruit. It displays great intensity medium to full body low acidity and high tannin. This beauty is not far off the pace of the blockbuster 2000...