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This wine came highly recommended from a little wine shop in North Carolina where I visited last summer. I paid around $36 for it and there were only 135 cases made. I love this varietal and was waiting to pair this bottle with some Strip steaks, it was tasty starting with the raisin and cranberry nose. A floral hit with black plums and lavender greeted me on the initial attack. Gripping tannins and juicy acidity gave this wine some serious structure yet I felt it was slightly one dimensional on the mid palate. Heat on the back end that hit the nostrils made me look up the level-14.5%. A slightly green finish dropped one point off this otherwise good wine. 89 points and 3 stars from me. I would hold off and cellar this wine, drinking from 2016-2020. Salut….