The nose evokes a cool winter night walk under a clear sky and bright moonlight, with hints of charcoal smoke, spice, and preserved cherries. Powerful and dense, a muscular presence with broad shoulders and plenty of masculine strength, smoky and spicy cherry fruit with power, racy character, invigoratingly fresh with tension and intensity, again cool charcoal smoke on the palate with cherries, a touch of mocha, and a hint of delicate spice, velvety tannins, astringent and mouth-drying, great balance, complex and deep with an impressive tension reminiscent of a sprinter eager for the starting gun, long finish with endless smoky cherry fruit lingering in the aftertaste.