A nice touch of baked cherries and dark chocolate to the deep blackberry fruit. Ink and a touch of graphite and dried herbs. Full-bodied and pretty powerful with fine-grained tannins and a long, extensive finish. 68% carmenere, 16% cabernet sauvignon,15% merlot and 1% cabernet franc. Give it two more years to let the fruit settle more. Drink or hold.

For those looking for "everyday luxury," Le Petit Clos has a bit less of the Apalta vineyard's old-vine fruit, giving a more forward character that offers a ton of immediate drinking pleasure. Aged for 19 months in French oak, with only a small percentage of fresh barrels that result in hints of dark cocoa & pencil box. Neither filtered nor fined. Organically farmed.