A big, rich red, with gamy cherry, spice, sandalwood and olive flavors. Fluid and juicy, offering refined tannins underneath. The finish echoes spice and rose hip tea details, accented by sweet berry fruit. Best from 2018 through 2032. — B.S.

A woody but spicy and unusually elegant nose offers up notes of both red and dark currant, earth and a hint of humus. There is a very suave, lush and round mouth feel to the delicious middle weight flavors that possess a good sense of verve on the impressively long and ever-so-mildly austere finish. There is better integration of the wood treatment though I underscore that it is hardly invisible. 2021+