Wine Tasting Notes The color gets you straight away. Its bright color is reminiscent of cranberry meets ruby, but hold on to your hat when you go in for the aromatics! Dark cherry and cedar yes, but then something smokey and earthy, and then the fruit came back with more focus than before...amazing. The palate seems to be in the middle of a black cherry and raspberry forest! It was fresh and lively. The finish was bright and zippy the way a Cru Beaujolais should be.