Vivid ruby colour, with orange tints; heady bouquet of considerable finesse with hints of plums, mulberries, roses and dried violets, backed by pleasing suggestions of resin and spices (cloves, cinnamon); dry, very savoury, rather tannic flavour with an elegant, lingering aftertaste of toasted hazelnuts.
Clear, golden yellow colour, very intense bouquet, with strong notes of lychees, ripe melon, raspberries, vanilla, mineral hints (flint stone) and musk and suggestion of aromatic herbs; rich, full flavour, velvety but well structured, particularly savoury with an elegant, lingering aftertaste of exotic fruits and spices.
American
