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- 92 points -

Deep ruby. Spicy, highly perfumed aromas of raspberry, fresh flowers and allspice, with a smoky overtone. Juicy, penetrating red berry, cherry-cola, spicecake and floral pastille flavors show very good energy, with zesty acidity providing lift. Fine-grained tannins give shape to the sexy floral finish. On the delicate side for Aalto--and likely to be approachable soon. This wine went though malo in large French oak vats and was then aged for 20 months in barriques, about a third of them new French (it's normally 50% new) and the rest used French and American.

Josh Raynolds, December 2015


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