Ruby black color. Attractive aromas and flavors of dried currants and raisins, chocolate nuts, cedar, and leather with a velvety, bright, moderately sweet medium-full body and a warming, very complex, very long finish manifesting impressions of forest floor and date syrup with silky, fine tannins and moderate oak flavor. A remarkably rich, delicious, and warming American fortified wine with Old World nuances that add complexity and delight; definitely a benchmark for domestic port style wine that tastes like a true vintage port.