A deep, crimson red with a dense ruby core. Immediately engaging, with waffs of nutmeg and ginger amongst notes of blueberry and blackcurrant and a backgroun of well-seasoned savoury oad. The fruit gains in the glass with aeratin, when more subtle perfume and chestnut complexities emerge. Shows excellent balance with the frame of a beautifully interwoven mesh of dark plum and blackberry fruits with fig and liquorice. Complex fruit and spice flavours sit against a finely focused backdrop of firm but rounded tannins, balancing acidity and seductive, perfectly integrated smoky oak. The palate has wonderful length, with a tightly structured, tannic finish indicative of the calibre of this fine win.