A round entry leads to a dryishmedium-bodiedpalatewith sweet vanilla, tartblackberry, and toasty pepperspice flavors. Finishes withdryingtanninsandberry skins.
The good stuff--dryish, refined, compulsively drinkable--has nothing to do with cold duck or cough-medicine-y, five bucks a pop, small "c" "champagne": Different grapes, different process, a whole different mind-set.