Wine Tasting Notes Pretty cherry and red fruit aromas mingle on the nose with cedar, cigar box and tobacco leaf notes. The juicy, fruit-forward palate brings raspberry and plum fruit to fore, supported by a framework of cedary oak. Give the wine time to breathe, and the tannins smoothen and the palate reveals new nuances of spice. Enjoyable now, the wine will improve in bottle for five to eight years.