Longfellow 2022 Cuvee Hermitage

A wine with breath and detail, sublime ruby color gives way to savory garrigue aromas tinged with green olive and fig tapenade.  A blast of ripe plum and red cherry fruit coats the palette and yields to multilayered accents of smoked meat, licorice, and an enigmatic Rutherford dustiness.  Fresh and lively enough to enjoy young, however its savory complexity and elegant structure should reward aging over the next decade.