Bright, full ruby-red. Inky, rather brooding scents of blackberry, blueberry, cassis, mocha, licorice and musky oak. Wonderfully silky, concentrated and seamless, filling the mouth without leaving any impression of weight. Fine-grained flavors of musky dark berries, mocha, violet and licorice deliver captivating sweetness without any heaviness or roasted qualities. A bit tighter-grained than the red blend, and the deepest of these new Corliss wines. Huge dusty, horizontal tannins spread slowly out to saturate the palate, with the finish delivering outstanding subtle, slow-building length. More purple in its fruit character than the blend and with more obvious verve and spin. This should be long-lived.
