Bright purple. Intensely perfumed, smoke-accented black and blue fruit liqueur, violet candy, vanilla and incense on the highly expressive nose. Palate-staining, superbly concentrated cherry-vanilla, black currant and spicecake flavors are lifted and sharpened by a spine of smoky minerality. Gains flesh and energy with air and finishes gently sweet and extremely long, with an echo of dark berry preserves and smooth, slow-mounting tannins. The blend of richness and energy here is quite impressive.