Here too there are hints of menthol and wood framing the ripe and fresh dark berry fruit liqueur-like nose where additional nuances of spice and rose petal are present. There is excellent volume to the broad-shouldered solid and mineral-inflected medium weight plus flavors that possess a refined if muscular palate feel, all wrapped in a dusty, austere and quite serious finale that delivers very fine persistence. For the patient as this is very much a smaller-scaled Bonnes Mares that is well worth checking out. 92/2025+