Reds that impress you with their richness, intensity, weight, or majesty; Usually produced from small, thick-skinned red varieties, which give off both tannin and color to the wine; Those are powerful reds with obvious structure, full-body, lots of tannin and high in alcohol; The fruit flavors often suggest dark-berries, currant fruits, it can occasionally leaning toward dried-fruit of jam, raisin & fig and oak flavor often accompanying them
1994-Opaque purple-colored, this wine possesses a gorgeously perfumed, smoky, black currant, Asian spice, and sweet vanillin bouquet. It is followed by thick, rich, moderately tannic flavors that exhibit medium to full body, good structure, and a classically layered, long finish.
1999-This wine offers a complex, evolved bouquet of cedar, underbrush, red currants, and spice box. Dark ruby color and medium bodied with a silky texture and excellent ripeness.
1988-Dark ruby, with a full-intensity bouquet of new oak, black fruits, vanilla and spring flowers. This silky smooth, full bodied 1988 has excellent extraction of fruit, and a sense of elegance. Seductively precocious, it should drink superbly over the next 10-15 years.
Full-Bodied Reds
