2013 Carnuntum Merlot Reserve trocken Quo Vadis®, Lower Austria/Niederösterreich, Austria

Spicy oak on the nose, light smoky and cedary notes, ripe black and a few red berries, hint of tobacco, light toasted notes, hint of dried meat. Ripe, polished, tart, juicy fruit on the palate, smoky and cedary wood, fine sandy tannins, generalyl well integrated, light acid bite, good substance and persistence, full-bodied, but remains fairly cool, salty and dried herbaceous aromas in the background, sooty traces, some depth, still young, some bite on a very good, juicy, firm, tart finish.

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