This is a lighter redish purple color. No deep, dark blackness here. Nose comes off showing berries, leather and vanilla. I probably drank this wine a little or a lot before its' real drinking window but I might have caught it during its early and decent window before it shuts down. The taste had wonderful complexity that a newbie like me could even detect. I kept cycling thru about three different tastes on my palate with each sip. One taste it came across as a spicy and peppery northern Syrah. Another taste it came across as having a sweet, maple or butter scotch. And occasionally I could pickup a different experience of flowers and herbs that didn't have the pepper or sweetness. And this is an effeminate, delicate wine. It's not a big brute. I like it, but at times I found it a little too sweet where I prefer something more savory. Seemed to have multiple personalities to me.
Bryan