This is an exceptionally well-built wine and another example of a variety that proves beautifully suited to Texas terroir. It shines in the glass with bright red berry and black cherry fruit, brown spices, rose petals, leather, and tobacco. The medium- to full-bodied palate shows crisp tannins and lingering notes of dried fruit and baking spice. Beneath it all lies great underlying tension and chalky minerality, while cocoa powder tannins build with impressive intensity on the long finish. Drink now or hold over the next decade.