Deep garnet in color, the wine has classic aromas of cassis and ripe berry with hints of Santa Rosa plum. This wine shows notes of tea and cola as well as toasty oak and a subtle mineral element. The first sip shows a wine that is rich and full, with juicy black berry flavors and fine grained tannins. The finish is long lingering; a wine that promises not only drinking pleasure now but rewards for patient cellar aging.