This is aromatically reserved to the point of being all but mute and requires extensive swirling to gradually liberate the markedly spicy and layered aromas of black cherry, violet, lavender and newly turned earth. The dense and suave broad-shouldered flavors possess a texture similar to that of the Clos St. Denis, all wrapped in an overtly saline-inflected finale that is austere, powerful and hugely long. This is potentially terrific though again, patience strongly advised.