A very pretty and ultra-fresh nose offers up airy, cool and elegant liqueur-like aromas of essence of red cherry that are cut with a plenitude of floral, spice and earth nuances that are trimmed in just enough wood to notice. The mouthfeel of the medium-bodied, tautly muscular and mineral-driven flavors is relatively refined while delivering superb length on the almost painfully intense and beautifully delineated finish. This crunchy effort is also built-to-age but as is usually the case, it is a combination of finesse and punch where it will mature on balance. This is textbook. Allen Meadows