(from Anderson Valley fruit bottled at 14.3%) A reserved, even brooding nose of subtly complex dark berry, in particular blue berry, fruit aromas nuanced with hints of spice, earth, smoke and anise merge into rich, full and firmly structured flavors that are not austere but certainly lean in that direction and wrapped in a dusty, intense and mouth coating finish. This will require plenty of time to really come together as it is youthfully awkward yet the quality of the underlying material is plain to see. I wouldn't touch a bottle for another 5 to 6 years as it's built along the same lines as the Kiser "En Haut" but even less forthcoming today.

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