The initial nose of this wine is restrained, offering earthy notes of forest floor, tree moss, rose petal, cherry, sassafras, cola, vanilla and sweet briarwood. On the palate, the first taste offers continuity with the aromatics showing earth, mineral and dried herbs. As the wine opens on the mid palate the fruit explodes with rich candied cherry fruit and cola, along with earthy hints of forest floor. The long, balanced, persistent finish shows off the polished, integrated tannic structure of the wine, along with a rich core of dark cherry.