Cabreo Il Borgo 2006

A transparent garnet color. The aroma is salty with vegetal nuances of aromatic herbs, especially thyme. It needs to breath in the glass before it can open and soften up. This allows in a touch of coffee to give chase to sweeter notes, mentholated ones, of pipe tobacco, almost sealing wax.  The taste has an acidic streak that tears through rotund and wrapping tannins while in the aftertaste return fruity and balsamic scents. The only defect: a tad too much alcohol.