Italian merlot. Inky dark like midnight. Light barely passes throug it. Nose relatively light and doesn't belie the hugeness to follow. HUGE wine. 30 second finish. Massive fruit (esp dark cherries), earth, leather, perhaps cocoa? tannins remain firm. Does NOT mess around. Could possibly have used another year or two to soften up or an additional hour or two of air (had 45 minutes before we started in on it; it did start to really get nice after it'd been open for a couple hours). Awesome.
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