A sexy, highly perfumed bouquet evokes ripe black and blue fruits, candied licorice and floral oils, with a suave vanilla quality emerging with air. Sappy, concentrated and focused on the palate, offering appealingly sweet boysenberry and violet pastille flavors plus suggestions of spicecake and smoky minerals. At once rich and vibrant, this Shiraz finishes with very good energy and smooth, slow-building tannins that add shape and gentle grip