The first sip seduces, the second reminds... Up front red fruits and maraschino cherry flavours quickly transition to the 'Noir-ish' - Black Forest cake, blackberry, black cherry, black... Sitting softens. A Christmas pudding mix of soaked fruits and rind offers a friendly hand. Similarly talc-like/velvety tannins are non-aggressive, politely acting as a conveyance. They almost appear coupled with cocoa/dark chocolate dust. Texturally woven, with all components well integrated and absorbed... inducing a sensory perception of roundness, of a lush film coated across the palate.