Smoke-accented cherry, coconut, and dill aromas pick up a spicy top note with air. Smooth and energetic on the palate, offering cherry preserve, coconut, and chewing tobacco flavors that turn sweeter as the wine opens up. Subtle tannins frame a long, oak-spiced finish that echoes the cherry note. Drink 2022-2028. —J.R.
What We Thought: This has a big oaky nose of vanilla and spice and a medium-bodied palate filled with ripe black cherry and red raspberry fruit, notes of coconut and licorice finishing with firm, drying tannins.