2006 Carnuntum Ried Rosenberg Blaufränkisch trocken, Lower Austria/Niederösterreich, Austria

Developed, firm, somewhat tobacco and a little sooty-woody aroma of ripe black berries and dried plums with dark ethereal spice, dried herbs and tar. Ripe, somewhat warm dark fruit, clearly developed, toasty, bitter chocolate and smoky wood spice, a little pepper in the background, friable tannin, lots of power and good persistence, toasted oniony spice in the background, some spicy heat, a hint of stewed plums, quite compact construction, very good finish with partly boiled down dark juice but also bite. In amazing condition.

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