Inky, bright-hued purple. An intensely perfumed, smoke- and mineral-accented bouquet evokes ripe black and blue fruits, violet, cola and cured tobacco, and an exotic overlay of Indian spices builds with aeration. Palate-staining cherry liqueur, black currant and spicecake flavors show superb clarity and are lifted and sharpened by a spine of juicy acidity. Gains flesh and puts on weight with air while retaining freshness and energy, and finishes gently sweet and impressively long, displaying a sexy floral quality and harmonious, slow-mounting tannins.