A gorgeous version of the varietal. Beautifully balanced and poised, this has a captivating aromatic profile of dark fruit, black currants and plums, touched up with classic notes of tobacco leaf and cedar spice, making it varietal to perfection with no angular edges. Medium fuller bodied with firm but finer tuned tannins that leads to a dry and impressively long finish, this has a core of sweet dark fruit flavors and a savory nuance that plays out perfectly. Textured and blessed with concentrated dark fruit, displaying beautiful fruit purity, oak integrtion and depth, the strength of the vintage allows this to show well out the gate, but the structure is there for a long and very rewarding life. This is something we would love to place in a blind tasting with much more expensive versions from around the world.