Description
A warmer year than 2017, the 2018 Brooks Road shows riper, more generous fruit alongside the vineyard’s characteristic ironstone mineral backbone. Dark plum, blackberry, smoked meat and white pepper with a full, rounded palate and fine, integrated tannins. Drinking well now but built for a decade more.
94 points, Vinous – “Glass-staining violet. Mineral- and smoke-accented red and dark berries, vanilla and potpourri on the deeply perfumed nose, along with a hint of cracked pepper. Juicy cherry liqueur, black raspberry and fruitcake flavors are supported by an undercurrent of smoky minerality that adds energetic lift and cut. Shows a suave floral nuance on the impressively long finish, which is framed by smooth, harmonious tannins. 30% new French oak.”
